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This is the old Alder School — or at least the bottom floor. It is presently the Alder Community Club. Pat Van Eaton says that the school was moved to its present location when the Alder Dam was built. The Alder School District consolidated with the Eatonville School District around 1948 and it was then…
This picture of the Eatonville Lumber Camp shows the rail system used to transport logs. “Until 1941 the lumber company did its own logging from its own timber land and did not, as a rule, buy logs. The company taintained railroad tracks, owned locomotives and cars, and operated a logging camp. In 1941 the stumpage…
This shot of Eatonville was taken around the 1955, I believe in conjunction with Operation Bootstrap. If anyone has a better date, please let me know. The picture may be grainy, but there’s no question that it’s Eatonville. The high school and the football field — which looks like it used more for baseball — stand…
I couldn’t uncover anything about a gold mine out at Wildcat Falls (behind the Eatonville Airport). If anyone has any information about this photo, let me know. Whatever this gentleman is mining for, it’s a great shot. I like that his hate and coat are neatly folded off to the side. For all the work, I…
This postcard was mailed out of Ashford, Wash., on February 4, 1911, at 6 a.m. The postmaster was Cara J. Ashford, and she held that position from the time the post office opened, Nov. 16, 1894. until Dec., 19, 1938. The front of the card shows the Mesler place. “The Meslers’ was another stopping place…
I’m not sure why I like this shot of King’s Place so much. Maybe it’s the signs: . . . the Camel ad in the bottom corner or the Chevron Supreme above. . . . the slogan “Midway to Mount Rainier” or . . . King’s Place, the House of Good Food”. The old gas…
Great shot of a snow covered Weyerhaeuser logging camp — or I think it is, since it came with a bunch of other Weyerhaeuser logging camp images. Photo courtesy of Kjelstad family. Click on image to enlarge.
Here’s a peek inside the Suderburg Store, which operated out of Alder, Wash. As you can see, they had a little bit of everything. Here’s what’s written about the family in the book Old Alder: Elmer and Minnie Suderburg Family Elmer Suderburg was born on his father’s farm located approximately one mile north of the…
Katie and Anne Christensen (born 1890 and 1892 respectively) were daughters of N.P. (Pete) Christensen — the same man who brought the telephone company to town in 1912. Anne Christensen Haynes was the first switchboard operator. The Mashell Telephone Company was in the Haynes families for many decades. It wasn’t until June 1, 1954 that…
The University of Washington says this photo is of the “Pacific National Lumber Company mill pond. Mill jack and Asian crew, at National” The picture, although not the clearest, gives you a lot of detail about logging in the early part of the 20th century. “The history of National is closely connected with that of…
This photo shows Morton’s entry in the 4th of July parade around 1920. The photos was Bebe Larkin’s, who I believe was the son of the editor of the Dispatch, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Larkin, back in 1950 through at least 1954. If anyone else has information on this photo or Bebe Larkin, please feel free to…
I’ve lived here all my life and am still wow’d by the Park and the buildings. The building in the foreground is the Annex of Paradise Inn…at Paradise Valley. The main Paradise Inn building is to the left in the background.the The Inn was built in 1916-1917 at a cost of $91,000 (around $1,718,900 today). This…
Eatonville To Rainier 