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It’s easy to take the Nisqually river for granted when you live in Eatonville. For those of you, like me, that have seen it your entire life but don’t know a lot about it, here are a few facts: • It’s 81 miles long • Forms the Pierce/Lewis county line • It’s fed by the…
Think electric cars are something modern? Your wrong. This car on a tour to Mt. Rainier around 1920 was all electric. Enlarge this photo and you’ll see the sign on the car reads Detroit Electric — an electric automobile produced by Anderson Electric Car Company between 1907 and 1939. It was said to got 80…
Great shots of Cecil Williams and his sisters Joy, Fay and Hettie Lou (grandchildren of Nate Williams) having a little fun. In the following shot the group is still smiling in 1998. Photos courtesy of Rich Williams. Click on images to enlarge.
Entertainment was a bit different back in the 1920s. There were no streaming movies or iPods, but there was live music. Here is an Eatonville dance band — the TNT Band — that at least performed one Monday night. Band members here were: • E. Hillberg on bass drum • Charley Williams on snare drum…
Guest blogger today is Rich Williams describing the winning 1923 EHS Basketball game. In 1923 Eatonville was considered the best team in the State. They only lost one game during the season and that was to The University of Washington freshman team. Game Goes into Overtime At the State tournament Eatonville faced Walla Walla in…
If you needed some dental work in 1913, you probably saw Dr. W. Marsh. Here’s his ad that ran in 1913 in the Eatonville School Catalog. It’s definitely simple and to the point. His phone number is easy to remember too — 20. Interesting Fact: The first American toothbrush was patented by H.N. Wadsworth and…
The dump isn’t usually a place to find treasures, but back in August, 1970, C. E. Julian found a Stradivarius amongst the garbage. The picture is taken from the Eatonville Dispatch. Caption Reads: Eatonville Dump Caretaker, C.E. Julian, demonstrates a violin he found Sunday afternoon. Close inspection showed a label reading “Antonius Stradivarius Cremonesis Faciebat…
This article appeared in the Eatonville Dispatch’s 1959, 50th Anniversary section: Little League baseball players in Eatonville these days will be interested to know that “way back when,” approximately 1911 the very young of the community were hitting fast balls with Tom Van Eaton the sponsor. When it came to raising money for the uniforms,…
In 1904 a railroad was built in the busy town of Alder to haul logs and supplies. An attractive train depot was built around the same time between the Milwaukee/Chicago/St. Paul/Tacoma Railroad (MILW) and Highway 7. George Tatro was the depot agent and he and his family lived on the top floor. An interesting note…
This postcard was mailed 101 years ago to Miss Ruth Anderson. If I’m reading the card right, the writer is telling Ruth this is a fine town. I’m not sure this picture postcard of Mashell Ave. would do much to entice people to stop by though. Photo courtesy of Debbie and Gary Saint. Click to…
Eatonville was without a doctor until 1904 when Dr. D. A. Martiny came to town. After him came Dr. Tanner (pictured). Tanner was here only a brief time before Dr. Martiny took over again. Before Doctors There Were Telegrams and Talented Women Before the doctors came to town, you just had to just hope you…
Recognize this building? It’s the home across from the high school on Mashell, only back in the day it was the Lumberman’s Hospital. Insurance for Loggers Dr. A. W. Bridge has a contract with the Eatonville Lumber Company employees where each employee paid $1.00 per month for medical care. Dr. Bridge also had doctors in…
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