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This 1914 map is broken down into three pieces. In the first section you can see the Eatonville school, which had just been built. The second section covers downtown and you’ll immediately see Mashell Ave. and Center Street. The third section details the Eatonville Lumber mill. If you look closely, all the buildings are labeled. Enjoy!…
I like this picture because you could just Photoshop different clothes on them, and wouldn’t be able to tell then from Eatonville residents today or yesterday. This is definitely yesterday though. Pictured are . . . Back row, left to right: Ethel (Kipper) Martin, Carrie (Kipper) Martin, Milton Smith and Hessie Smith. Front row, left…
Eatonvile Triva How well do you know your Eatonville history? Here are a few questions to test your knowledge. 1. What was the company that helped build the town in the early 1900s? 2. What was the town’s population in 1930: (a) 1,101 (b) 912 (c) 1,440 3. What was the town’s population in 1974:…
This is a view of Elbe when it was a bright, young little town. To get your bearings, the Little Eble Church, which is still standing today is located off the left hand side of the photo toward the bottom. A Don and Marie Fore Photo, found at Minerallake.com Click on image to enlarge.
This shot, I think, is of men taking a break for a photo at the Eatonville Lumber Company. Identified on the photo are Harlan Johnson, Bill Peterson and Fred Kittleman. I owe a big “thank you” to Fred’s wife (Jessie Wright) who helped pull together Eatonville’s history for the book History of Southeastern Pierce County,…
It was 1970, Eatonville had its own little Woodstock. Here are a few comments from people who remember the event. Tom Hamilton (who was a kid at the time and his parents owned a chicken farm where the Eatonville mill used to sit): The police had the road blocked above our place so the “hippies” were…
Here’s what’s written on the back of this photo: The Old Clear Lake School 1974 – Now the John Vitovich residence I think this is a school graduation. I recognize quite a few, but not enough to catalogue. My grandfather, Jens N. Fredricksen is on the porch leaning against the building. I am the kid…
Clint Smith was one of the six Smith brothers — a big part of early Eatonville. All the brothers worked in the woods and all six signed the petition requesting incorporation of the Town in 1909. Clint Smith was elected Councilman at the first Town election. S. L. Smith was the Town Marshal in 1912.…
That’s not a mountain of rock behind those individuals. It’s a mountain of ice — the Nisqually Glacier in 1912. “Paradise Glacier (little Nisqually Glacier) is one of the lower glaciers, starting at an elevation of only 9,000 feet. It is an interglacier, located between the Nisqually to the west and the Cowlitz to the northwest. An…
The ELCO (Eatonville Lumber Co.) basketball team of 1936. All I know about the group is that they were the City Champs. “The basketball player in the center of the back row is Orville Smith,” says Rich Williams. “The person standing on the right with the letterman’s sweater is Bill Smith. The person seated on…
In 1923 the trees were bigger and the logging trucks were smaller. It was dangerous work back then and safety regulations were decades away. For these men of Griffith & Graeber Logging, it was just how logging was done. I’m not sure who was tougher — the men or the Kelly truck. Photo courtesy of the…
There was a tree up near Mineral that was huge — even to those that were used to seeing large, old growth trees. People came from all around to have their picture taken in front of it, like these four women here and their dog. If you’d like to see another photo of people taken…
Eatonville To Rainier 