Posted in Businesses, People, Railroads, Towns, tagged Cedar Falls, Cedar Lake, Cedar River, Kerriston, lumber mills, Pacific States Lumber Co., Seattle, Selleck, watershed on March 7, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Originally published in The Seattle Daily Times, March 7, 1913
Delay in the opening of bids by the Board of Public Works for standing timber in the Cedar River watershed, insisted upon by The Times, today resulted in a bid of 51 cents a thousand above the bid of a week ago for fir timber, 60,000,000 feet of which is to be sold. The bid was submitted by the Northwestern Lumber Company, operating a large mill at Kerriston, on the Northern Pacific. (more…)
Posted in Buildings, Mining, People, Railroads, Towns, tagged 4 Corners, Auburn, Baldy, Black Diamond, bootlegging, coal mining, Cumberland, Deep Lake, depots, Durham, Enumclaw, fires, fishing, German, Green River, Green River Hot Springs, Howard Hanson Dam, hunting, Japanese, Kanaskat, Kanaskat-Palmer State Park, Kangley, Lester, locomotives, lumber mills, Milwaukee Railroad, Northern Pacific Railroad, Palmer, Palmer Coking Coal Co., Palmer cutoff, post office, Ravensdale, Renton, schools, Seattle, Selleck, Tacoma, taverns, Voice of the Valley, World War I on March 6, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Originally published in the Voice of the Valley, March 6, 2007
By Barbara Nilson
The original depot at Kanaskat built in 1912 and destroyed by fire in 1943. — From the Museum of History and Industry and loaned by Ruth Eckes.
The old railroad towns of Palmer and Kanaskat once thrived across the Green River from each other, Palmer on the north and Kanaskat on the south; eight miles southeast of Enumclaw. Somewhere along the line the two lost their identities. Apparently, the post office located in Palmer burned and the authorities moved it to Kanaskat but left the name of Palmer. (more…)
Posted in Buildings, Businesses, People, Towns, tagged Enumclaw, fires, King County, lumber mills, Pacific States Lumber Co., sawmill, Seattle, Selleck, Tacoma on January 4, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Originally published in The Seattle Sunday Times, January 4, 1914
Rebuilt plant of Pacific States Lumber Company at Selleck, Wash., to be opened June 1 (Seattle Times, April 12, 1914).
Fire of mysterious origin which started shortly after 7 o’clock last night in the huge plant of the Pacific States Lumber Company at Selleck, King County, totally destroyed the sawmill connected with the works and for a time threatened to wipe out the entire property and the little town of Selleck as well. As it was, the damage done according to President E.B. Shields, of the company, amounted to close to $200,000, of which 75 percent was covered by insurance. (more…)
Posted in Buildings, Businesses, Infrastructure, People, Towns, tagged American Legion, bank, Cascade Mountains, churches, dairy, Enumclaw, Enumclaw Cooperative Creamery, Enumclaw School District, farming, hotels, hunting, King County, lumber mills, Mount Rainier, Naches Pass, Puget Sound, sawmill, Seattle, White River, White River Lumber Company, World War I, Yakima on November 23, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Originally published in The Seattle Daily Times, November 22, 1925
New mill of the White River Lumber Company on the White River, three miles from Enumclaw.
One of the earliest settlements in that part of the state and the only place of that name in the United States, Enumclaw, forty miles southeast of Seattle, is one of the biggest little towns in the West.
Early history and distinctive name, however, are not Enumclaw’s only claims for attention. Thought its early growth was slow, Enumclaw today is counted one of the most prosperous towns in the Puget Sound region. Rich agricultural land, timber, and mineral surround it. It is on the Naches Pass highway, the most direct route between Seattle and the west entrance to Mount Rainier Nation Park. It is the gateway to unlimited scenic attractions, fishing, and hunting grounds. Backup up against the Cascade foothills, Enumclaw is within two hours’ drive of perpetual snow on one side and the waters of Puget Sound on the other. (more…)
Posted in Buildings, Businesses, People, Railroads, Towns, tagged bunkhouses, company store, Hobart, houses, Kerriston, logging, lumber mills, Maple Valley Historical Society, Northern Pacific Railroad, Renton, schools, Tahoma on September 28, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Originally published in the MVHS Bugle, September and December 2006
By Barbara Nilson
JoAnn (Weibling) Klacson and Lois (Kelley) Bartholomew on a July visit to the MVHS museum. —Photo by Sherrie Acker
In July, JoAnn Weibling Klacsan visited the historical society’s Third Floor Museum, accompanied by her niece, Diane Lee Weibling, and chatted with Dick Peacock and Sherrie Acker about Kerriston. Neighbors of them were the Kelley girls, so Lois (Kelley) Bartholomew joined them at the museum to share memories.
The conversation was taped and part of it follows. In addition, Lois graciously, with a little arm twisting, allowed me to use part of the story she has written about growing up in Kerriston.
Klacsan recalled that all the houses in Kerriston in 1923 had underpinnings, and were all built on a side hill. “We had a porch with a lot of stairs and a nice view. The houses were shacks, all the same about 16′ x 18′. Close to the school there was a set of wooden steps that went down to the level below and us kids used to run down those steps.” (more…)
Posted in Buildings, Businesses, People, Railroads, Towns, tagged Cedar Lake, fires, Green River, lumber mills, Northern Pacific Railroad, Pacific States Lumber Co., sawmill, Selleck on April 12, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Originally published in The Seattle Sunday Times, April 12, 1914
Rebuilt plant of Pacific States Lumber Company at Selleck, Wash., to be opened June 1.
On the site of its old plant at Selleck, Wash., which was destroyed by fire last January 3, the Pacific States Lumber Company has just completed the building of a new sawmill at a cost of about $200,000. Work now is in progress installing the machinery, and it is expected to have the mill in operation June 1, with the capacity force of 350 men. (more…)
Posted in Buildings, Businesses, Infrastructure, People, Railroads, Towns, tagged Cedar Grange, Cedar Mountain, Cedar River, lumber mills, Maple Valley, Milwaukee Railroad, Pacific Coast Railroad, Renton, schools on April 12, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Originally published in the Maplevalley Messenger, April 12, 1923
A new plan for purchasing Ford cars whereby prospective purchasers may avail themselves of banking facilities and start an account with which to buy a car is announced today by the Ford Motor Company and by banks with whom Ford dealers do business. (more…)
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