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It’s hard to imagine the back breaking work that went into building the Canyon Road ‚ at times rock by rock. There are a number of pictures of the crews toiling away (and blowing away) on the site and here are a few more. Photos courtesy of the Haynes family. Click on images to enlarge.
The Canyon Road was quite an undertaking in 1919. Built on a cliff side, roads had to often be blasted out of rock. Today the road is being repair, but they should feel lucky it’s a repair and not the back breaking work on building. For more pictures of the building, click HERE. Photos courtesy…
This is an early shot of Hotel Snow, which was built around 1912. There are a number of pictures of this hotel on this site, as well at the Eatonville Hotel that took its place later down the road. T. C. Van Eaton Cabin What is great about this shot is that you can easily…
This picture might not look so hot at first glance, but take a closer look. It’s full of detail. You can see the log coming up the chute from the mill pond. The steam or smoke is pouring from different buildings and stacks. Also, this is the old burner (left). The mill would burn to…
Here’s an ad that ran for the Eatonville Bakery in 1927. I think you could probably use the same ad for the Cottage Bakery operating in Eatonville today. Image courtesy of Linda Lewis. Click on image to enlarge.
This post come from Abbi Wanocott, who write and runs the blog Early Eatonville. Scott Turner was born in Butte, Mont., and served in WWI as a medic. A motor blast injured his eyes and caused blurred vision. As a result, he suffered from headaches for the rest of his life. Even so, he designed the overflow…
This photos entitled The Lage and Small Logs is somewhat haunting. You rarely see women in the woods, especially not with a child and her doll. There are a lot of other details in this photo that are work checking out, like pin holding the logs in the rail car, the butts of the trees…
“The mill houses from National were sold when Weyerhaeuser Company decided to completely clear the old town site. Single bedroom houses sold for $100, two bedrooms for $200, three bedrooms for $300, and so on. One condition was that all the houses had to be removed within 30 days Thus started the great National House…
The Red Men group has a subgroup called the Pocahontas. By today’s standards this groups’ costumes are about as far away from PC as you can get. But, back then, the organization (which I believe is still active today) did a lot of good for folks and judging by the way they dressed up for…
This group of boys look like they are just aching to play a game of baseball. Frank Van Eaton is in the front row, second to the left. If you spot other familiar faces, please let me know. Photo courtesy of the Parnell family. Click on image to enlarge.
In October, 1912, kids were attending Edgerton School, a rural schoolhouse in Ohop Valley. Inez Denny was the teacher and as you can see her some of her pupils included: Girls • Nora Anderson (14) • Lena King (16) • Anna Larson (11) • Dagney Anderson (11) • Martha Kjelstad (9) • Ethel Jacobson (8)…
A century ago the gals at Eatonville high school were hitting them out of the park. Here the is the 1914 team. A great shot of EHS sluggers. As you can tell by the names on the back, it’s a bit hard to know for certain who everyone was, but here’s a start. Front Row,…
Eatonville To Rainier 