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Last summer Alder Lake was way down, but it wasn’t the first time. Here’s a shot at Sunny Beach Point that ran November 2, 1987. The text reads: The drain is plain: Alder Lake, 12 feet below its usual October level, displays a poignant reminder of this dry fall. The swimming hole at Sunny Beach…
George Henley remains an Eatonville hero. He secured a place as on of the greatest unlimited hydroplane racers of all time in the 1970s. Here are a couple shots of “Smiling George”. To read more about George and his career, just click HERE. Photos courtesy of Rich and Ruthie Williams. Click on images to enlarge.
The Eatonville Eagles had two baseball teams in 1961. Younger Boys Team In this first shot pictured are: Back Row: Coach Vormestrand , Unknown, Herb Jones, Bob Miller, Ron Dick, Loren Vormestrand, Coach (Unknown) Front Row: ? Coburn, Bruce Coburn, Tommy Miller and Stan Nelson (If you have additional names, please share!) Older Boys Team The second…
If you’d like to walk through 100 years of Eatonville’s history for just $20, check out TimberTown Tales, this Saturday, May 21, 2016. The information below was taken from the Eatonville Dispatch. “Eatonville High School’s centennial will be centerstage May 21 during a decade-by-decade musical revue of 100 years of historic events in the lives…
Ashford, Washington is a pretty small town. Hard to believe this used to be the grade school. For a glimpse of what it was like to go to school at Ashford Public School, just click HERE for words from post school kid Doug Evans. Photo courtesy of Rich and Ruthie Williams. Click on image to enlarge.
I’m not sure what the incident was, but the State Patrol was parked on Center Street, on a sunny day in 1958. What’s more interesting than the car are the buildings. In this first image you can see the Red & White store next to the brick building that is now Kirk’s Pharmacy. In the second image,…
A view of Mashell Ave. in the late 1950s. The Eatonville Dispatch and Post Office have since found new homes, but otherwise things, don’t look all that much different. The Roxy is still playing movies! Also interesting to see that the Dispatch offered printing services back then too. Photo courtesy of the Baublits family, taken by…
This is 1908 plat map of National, filed with Pierce County. Pat Walgamott says, “An “unofficial” plat of the National townsite; as far as I know the town never fulfilled its expectations! This was sent in response to my request for a map of that area.” Photo courtesy of Pat Walgamott. Click on image to…
The Smith H. Miller family is out for a drive around 1912. That’s Smith (bookkeep at the PNLC) at the wheel, his wife Maude Looney Miller and infant daughter Jeanne Miller in her arms. In the back, faintly seen, are the railroad tracks at National. Click on image to enlarge.
Robin Hood Day of 1955 was part of the Operation Bootstrap. Bootstrap was Eatonville’s attempt to reinvent itself and bring in new business after the closing of the Eatonville Lumber Mill — it’s primary business. These shots were taken of the Robin Hood Parade held on Mashell Ave. in 1955. For another shot of the parade,…
This wreck took place March, 1960. Did some damage to the Dodge building on Mashell Ave., which I believe was the old Sears building across kitty corner from the bank. It looks like it involved two cars. If you have details about this accident, please share. I do like in the bottom corner of the…
This is an incredible 1914 Eatonville Fire Department map. Of course, for years, the Eatonville Fire Department didn’t have the best reputation. Some might say at times they were more liability than asset. For a great, humorous article about the early days of the Eatonville Fire Department, just click HERE. Photo courtesy of Erik Snyder. Click…
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