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This is a MUCH different post. A play was found in the Kjelstad family attic. It was written by students from the Edgerton school, which was in Ohop Valley, not far from the Pioneer Farm stands today. Paulette Van Cleve had her Eatonville 5th grade class perform it for the 2nd grade class . . .…
The young couple, Charles Boettcher and his new wife Nina Toni, don’t look especially excited. Hopefully, it as just the jitters. Charles (brother of Earnest Boettcher) was a logger and one of Alder’s pioneer families. Photo courtesy of Pat Van Eaton. Click on image to enlarge.
I don’t know much about the Young & Cole Lumber Co., so if anyone has any information, please chime in. Martha Parrish told me there use to be a mill going out of Eatonville on Triangle Road (to Mountain Highway). She remembers the train tracks headed out there. I’m not sure if this was the mill,…
Torger Peterson purchased membership to The Farmer’s Mutual Insurance Company in 1906 for $2.00 (around $50 today). Here’s a brief bit of the company’s history, which is still going strong today: “In 1898 a group of Enumclaw, Wash., residents got together to create the Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company. The articles of incorporation stated that…
I just purchased this postcard on eBay. It’s a nice shot of Paradise Valley in 1909. The other cool thing about this is the postage markings on the back, in particular that it reads Seattle World’s Fair 1909. I didn’t even know that Seattle has world’s fair back then. If you want to read a…
These 128-foot timber were milled at the Pacific National Lumber Company. It’s hard to get an idea of how really large 128-foot timbers are until you see these 40 people lined up on one. The University of Washington Library says . . .”The Pacific National Lumber Company was established ca. 1905. By 1922, it had…
Just a wonderful shot of Olava Kjelstad and two fawns. For those of you not familiar with Olava, she was one of the early pioneers of Ohop Valley, having come from Norway. She spearheaded the Lady’s Aid and the Edergerton school in Ohop Valley. Her farm still stands and people who knew her, remember her…
The information I was given with this photo was that it was taken outside Snow Hotel (now Eatonville Manor). The two men have taken down a black bear that sits between them. The man on the left looks a lot like Rant White. I have no way to confirm this, but I think the guy…
This early shot of Eatonville shows a big of the downtown with Mount Rainier in the background. Native American Legends Native Americans saw mountains and male or female. It turns out that depending on the legend, Mount Rainier could be either. “The Cowlitz had two legends . . . First, Mount Rainier (Takhoma) and Mount…
This isn’t the best shot of early Alder, but you can make out the main street made of wood, the first buildings and, of course, Alders first children. Photo courtesy of Pat Van Eaton. Click in image to enlarge.
It’s hard to imagine clearing enormous old growth trees and their stumps with just brute force. But back when Alder was being cleared for homesteads, there were no backhoes or dozers. You had a few tools, a strong back, and friends . . . and maybe a little dynamite for those stumps. Pictured here are…
Eatonville To Rainier 