If you wanted to buy a piece of Eatonville in 1917, it was T. C. Van Eaton that you talked to. He homesteaded the timberlands in 1889, which later became the townsite.
His real estate office was on Mashell Ave., along side the theater.
Photos courtesy of Pat Van Eaton.
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Eatonville To Rainier 