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These two little kids are Morgan and Ray Williams. Ray was the son of Charley Williams, who owned the Pioneer Garage — known today at the Tall Timber Restaurant. Ray graduated from Eatonville High School in 1923 and was quite the athlete. He was on the incredible basketball team that went to Chicago and was also a state…
There isn’t a lot of information on this photo, except that is was taken in front of the Langberg farmhouse in 1910 and is the farmer’s meeting. I think it’s interesting that they brought a gramophone to the meeting. That particular gramophone design was fairly new in 1910. It was probably like bringing your new…
The Ole Olden’s family was one of the Ohop Valley pioneers. You can see their farm on the knoll in the center of the pictures. Photo courtesy of Linda Lewis. Click on image to enlarge.
Robin Hood Days When the Eatonville mill closed its doors in the 1950s, people worried that the town might not survive. Operation Bootstrap began — a community effort to keep the doors open. One of many thing things that came out of Bootstrap was Robin Hood Days. The idea was to build the community into…
This postcard of Torger Peterson’s house in 1916, not long after it was built, was authored by Helen Peterson. You might think, “Wow, that place must have been famous to have its own postcard,” but it’s actually an RPPC (Real photo postcard). RPPC Cards “In 1903 Kodak introduced the No. 3A Folding Pocket Kodak. The camera,…
These three Ohop Valley pioneers are taking a well deserved break for a photo. Picture left to right is Ole Olden, his wife Hannah Olden, and her brother John Larson. Ole and Hannah celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1930, along with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Anderson and Mrs. and Mrs. DeWitt, also Ohop Valley…
This shot of the Ag Room at the high school is packed with detail about what farming was all about back then. Notice the poster for the farm horse, and others on the hog, the sheep and bottler are covering one on beef. Lots of grasses are being grown and lots of testing. The Popular…
Women’s work in the early 1900s was backbreaking. Pictured is Eatonville pioneer, Hannah Olden (John Larson’s sister) doing the wash in a wash bucket. This kind of washing required a bar of soap, a washing board and lots of muscle. If you want to read more on the history of laundry, just click HERE. Photo…
Pictured here is left to right is: (Aunt) Anna, Helen, Alice and Pearl Peterson. The photo was taken with Helen’s new camera outside Torger Peterson’s original home in Ohop Valley. You won’t find the house there any longer. It’s now the hub of the Nisqually Land Trust’s work to restore salmon habitat. Photo courtesy of…
It’s hard to understand how important your horses were before the combustable engine took over the hard farming labor. They helped plow, bring in hay, pull wagons . . . you name it. This is a shot of Eatonville pioneer and Ohop Valley farmer John Larson and his horse, probably taken in the early 1900s.…
These postcards were written in 1908 by Sweed, Anders Gustofson, from Kapowsin, to an Elisabeth Bergman. It’s hard not to wonder if they were friends, family or lovers. In any event, it looks like June and November of 1908 Elisabeth moved from Sand Point, Idaho to Deluth. Postcards were the way people originally “dropped you…
This postcard gives you a snapshot of old Kapowsin in 1907. I’m not sure who wrote the card, but they seem pleased to be there. It reads: Read your card a short time ago and was glad to here from you again. Here is where I am stopping now and I like this place fine…
Eatonville To Rainier 