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Here are a few incredible shots taken in the 1920s of the loggers in Mineral and National, Wash. The first shot is of the guys at Westfork Logging Company of Mineral, Wash. The picture was taken September 1928. Looks as though safety equipment hadn’t even been invented yet. The second picture was taken around the…
Here’s a poem about Ohop Valley written years back by an unknown source. Thank you anonymous writer. Photos courtesy of Kjelstad family, poem courtesy of Linda Lewis. Click on images to enlarge.
It wouldn’t be until 1923 when Eatonville had the champion basketball team that made headlines and put Eatonville on the map. But in 1920-21, the team was honing its skills. This group of guys were the Pierce County champions that year. Photo courtesy of Pat VanEaton. Click on image to enlarge.
The Millpond Park, used to be the busy part of town, with the Eatonville Lumber Company mill, mill store and homes. Today the mill and the store are gone, but some of the homes still stand. When you’re at the park next time take a look. Photo courtesy of the Christensen family. Click on images…
This receipt signed by T. C. Van Eaton on October 16, 1912 allows the I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 268 lease the Van Eaton Hall every Monday for a year. The cost? $50.00. The room for rent was on top of the Van Eaton store. In this photo you can see the stairs that lead up to…
As soon as there were automobiles, Eatonville welcomed them. Here’s a shot of the Universal Motor Company that sold Fords. You can barely see the cars inside, but you can easily see the top-of-the-line tires of the day. I believe this store was run by Harold Pravitz. Here are a few interesting Ford facts: 1908…
The logging business was what got Eatonville up and running. Here are five fabulous shots of logging in the early days and the use of the steam donkey. It looks primitive today, but it was a huge step up from using horses and cattle to drag the logs. These pictures are loaded with details. Click…
These pictures aren’t the best quality, but it gives you an idea of the transformation of Center Street over the years. The first image is of Center Street (looking down at Mashell). You can see on the left the back of the Red and White store, which is now a parking lot next to Kirk’s…
When I came across this photo, my heart stopped. Who used ti? And even more frightening, how did they built it? Pat VanEaton supplied me some of the information. “It went across the Nisqually Canyon near the Tacoma Power pipeline There were homesteaders on the south side of the canyon that used it. I’m fairly…
The Silver Lake School was located on Highway 7, about a mile from Frank Krone’s farm. It was built around 1899 and was a working school through 1922, when many rural schools were being incorporated into the Eatonville School District. For those who may recognize some names from the past, here are the teachers over…
Guest blogger Bob Walter gives us some background on Eatonville’s early settlers, Pete and Maren Christensen. N.P. (Nels “Pete”) Christensen and Maren Pedersen, both born in Denmark, met in the United States and were married in Neenah, Wisconsin in 1889. Awhile after reaching Tacoma in 1890, they walked all the way to Ohop Lake, N.P.…
Our guest blogger today, Bob Walter, gives us some background of pioneers Robert and Catherine Dean Fiander. The area’s first pioneer homesteader survived a long, hand-to-hand fight with a cougar, and lived to tell about it. Robert Fiander was born in Dorset County, England, Sept. 30, 1847, one of 12 children. Fiander filed his claim…
Eatonville To Rainier 