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C. C. Snow owned the Snow Hotel, and incorporated T. C. Van Eaton’s log house into one of the sections. Built around 1912, it was partly made of hard-hewn logs, originally chinked with clay, and partly coverd with shingles. Over the years it changed hands numerous times and was called the Sunshine Inn, Snow Hotel…
The Eatonville band has come a long way. These two shots are of the band in about 1910. Going to the Western Washington Fair (which would have only been 10 years old at the time) was a big event. It was a six days and parking was 25 cents. The biggest attraction back then was horse…
This photo (courtesy of Pat Van Eaton) shows the building of a puncheon road (plank road) in Alder. The puncheon planks stacked on the right would be laid crossway to create the roadway. These plank roads were popular in the 1800s, but gave way to paved roads. Today if you want to see one, it…
Alder was a bigger town in the early 1900s. The first photo is of the Alder School #2, built in 1905 on a knoll on the north edge of town. It burned down two years later. The new Alder school was built in 1909. Rod Scurlock reminisces about his days a school kid there in…
Eatonville Pioneer is Stricken Death closes long and active career of one of Eatonville’s earliest settlers Article from Tacoma News-Tribune — Feb. 1934 Written by Jos. C. Larin Nathan Williams, aged 83 years, was stricken at his home in Eatonville suddenly Friday morning, and passed away within a few minutes. For the three days preceding…
Mashell Avenue was bustling with activity back in 1900. Looks like everyone was showing off their horses for the photographer. Click on photos to enlarge. Photo Courtesy of Pat Van Eaton.
Below are the words of Toger Peterson — an Ohop Valley settler and an early County Commissioner. He wrote this around 1925, and speaks about the race to settle Ohop Valley as well as work on the Ohop Creek. (Text courtesy of Gary Hendrickson, photos courtesy Pat Van Eaton) In the summer of 1886, during the…
This picture is provided by Pat Van Eaton and entitled “Excecaloir Lumber Company”. Alder had a number of mills in the early 1900s. “A one-machine shingle mill was set up by a Mr. Daniel a the north fork of Alder Creek. August Delin built a three-machine shingle mill, to which he added a small sawmill.…
In 1952, John Swanson, Eatonville councilman and logger, told the council that there was a need for an Eatonville airport. His expense statement was hard to argue with — it would cost the town nothing. John’s plan Roy Swanson, John’s son, who was 15 at the time and a budding pilot, says his dad had…
I’m partial to this photo, in part because my dad, Louie Mettler, is in it (far right, second row from the top). The sign at the kids’ feet reads: Eatonville Sch. 1946’7 Gr. 8 Mr. Gallagher Ray Fuller. I think I recognize a few others, like Frank Hoffman (far left, second row from the top).…
Sometime in the 50s there was a petition to create a scenic loop drive between four lakes — Kapowsin, Ohop Lake, Tanwax and Clear Lake. By adding just 2.1 miles of road construction, people could cut off 11 miles of driving time, improve fire protection, increase school bus service and better postal delivery. Who could…
Eatonville To Rainier 