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Guest blogger Bob Walter provides some interesting facts on Indiana Henry. Indian Henry was believed to be an Upper Cowlitz Indian. Born about 1825, he moved his family in the 1860’s and established a prosperous farm at Mashel Prairie, just above the site of the earlier Mashel Massacre. He had three wives, until ordered by…
The lookout at Pack Forest wasn’t for the weak of heart. The resume required among other things — no fear of heights and strong legs to carry you up and down 10 flights of steps. This 66′ steel tower with a 7×7′ cab was built in 1929, two miles east of Eatonville, and was part…
Growing up, I was confused about May Day. Why did some people call it Community Day and others May Day? Why did only our town celebrate it? And what was with the Maypole? Now that I’ve read up on it, the confusion is understandable. The short version is that Community Day or May Day is…
This time of year, with all the rain, it’s rare to get a glimpse of Mount Rainier. So here’s a glimpse a 100 years back. This postcard was sent to Anna Peterson from Ashford in June or July of 1908. Telephones didn’t come to Eatonville until 1910 — and it took until 1912 before there…
It’s the first of May, the flowers are out of the ground and this picture of Sachs Hill in Elbe seems wildly appropriate. The picture reads “Lloyd and Serena B. Sachs”, but I notice there is a second man in the flower bed. Lloyd is her son, and probably the young man by the car.…
I don’t know much about these photos except that they are of the Kludts Hop Farm and that hop farming was an important crop for Washington State around the turn on the 20th century. Here’s a small post about it from HistoryLink.org. Although it speaks primarily about King County, there was a lot of hop growing…
Robert Fiander came to Pierce County in 1874 and homesteaded at Swan Lake. For the full story you can click here. Looks like Robert came into town for something. The three-hourse team is pretty impressive and it cant’ be stressed how important they were before the combustion engine. If your horses we’re in good shape,…
Before there were big yellow school buses, Eatonville transported kids in busses like these. They look a little like trolley car glued to the front end of a truck, but the kids seem to like it. The only thing missing is a school bus driver. Maybe he’s taking the picture. Photo courtesy of Terry and…
Before it was the Tall Timbers, the restaurant was known as Babe’s Cafe. Mildred Lister, better known as Babe, opened the cafe on Mashell Ave. in 1947 and operated the establishment for decades. So, when you hear an old time Eatonville resident talk about “Babe’s”, now you know. Photo courtesy of Babe’s niece, Norma Holt.…
Today you know it as a parking lot next to Kirk’s Pharmacy, but for decades it was the place people came to shop — first as T.C.’s General store, it changed hands a few times and was later Christensen’s General Store, then lastly the Red and White. This picture is when it was Christenson’s General…
Here are a few things you might know about the Eatonville Lumber Company, which operated in Eatonville from 1907 until 1954. • Tacoma Eastern/Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad arrived in 1904 — followed by the opening of the mill in 1907. • T. S. Galbraith (Tom) took over ELCO in the fall of 1909.…
The Ohop Weekly was a school newsletter from the Edgerton School, which was located in — you guessed it — Ohop Valley. (I think the 1920 date at the top is a typo, which I can relate too. God, knows how many typos I’ve added to publications over the years.) Reading through it, there is…
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