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I believe this bridge was suspended over the Mashell River. The next picture is of folks walking across a swinging bridge in Elbe. I think these may be the same bridge. If anyone has any information on these bridges — or the people on the bridge for that matter — please speak up. Images courtesy…
The Eatonville high school was under construction in 1915. When it was complete, there was no other school like it in the state. The dedication was huge. Dedication On dedication day, April 29, [1916], E. W. Shimmons wrote, “With Governor Lister, State Superintendent Josephine Preston, President E. O. Holland of the State college and W. H.…
Steam donkeys (basically a steam-powered winch) may seem primitive today, but they were state-of-the-art in the late 1800s and early 1900s. How it works A cable was wrapped around a log and the steam donkey drug it in. For a more elaborate explanation, Wikipedia explains is like this: A logging engine comprised at least one powered winch around which…
This is an ad for the Friendly Inn that ran in the 1929 Cruiser news. This would have been a year after the murder that took place there. For more on that story, click HERE. Photo courtesy of Pat Van Eaton. Click on image to enlarge.
Driving down Mashell Ave., it’s hard to imagine the town site being cleared, houses and shops built and streets put in, all with horses and strong backs. Here are some early Eatonville guys standing proudly by their horse teams — the original horse power. Photo courtesy of Maxine Games. Click on image to enlarge.
The Kjelstads came to Ohop Valley in 1889. The Eatonville Dispatch printed the following 70 years later, in 1959: Henry Kjelstad settled in Ohop Valley and married Marie Hansen’s (Mrs. Herman Anderson) younger sister, Olava Hansen. Olava had come to this country with her sister and the two older Anderson children from Norway. Mrs. Kjelstad is…
The following was taken from the History of Pierce County, Volume 3, published in 1927 by William Bonny. Among the sterling old pioneers who contributed their full quota of clearing and developing this section of the state was one named Robert Fiander, a resident of this country since 1874. Robert was born in Dorsetshire England,…
It’s amazing what you can find on Ebay.com. Today I got my Eatonville Golden Anniversary coin from someone in Canada. It’s in great shape and was worth 50 cents. The back side of the coin reads . . . Souvenir Anniversary Money. In trade at any cooperative business or redeemable at face value at the…
This shows Elbe as a booming little town. You can see the Elbe shop tucked between the grocery and the hardware store, as well Adam Sachs’ home up on the hilltop behind. Mr. Hardy owned the stores. On the far left is R. John Bloom leaning on fence, Rev. and Mrs. Karl Kilian are standing next…
I like this picture in part because my Uncle Lad (George Van Cleve) is in it. He’s the cute kid on the left in overalls. But there are lot of other familiar Eatonville faces in his picture including Arne Haynes, who just recently passed away. And 2nd row, 4th from the right is Harriet Nelson. If…
These two ads appeared in the 1929 Cruiser news. King’s Place The first — King’s Place — was a gas station built and run by Roscoe and Lottie King. It sat on the Highway 7 near the Ohop Grange. It’s hard to image picking up lunch here from these pictures, but the place prospered. Over…
Eatonville To Rainier 