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WIL (D)-124

ca. 1908. A scene in the Big Bend, circa 1908. Threshing 3 miles south of Waterville, Washington. This area of north central Washington State was a wheat farming community. The fertile soil, dry summers and heavy snows in winter produced abundant crops. During the past season circa 1907, however, wheat ran from twelve to thirty bushels per acre, a lighter yield than normal but as prices remained good, the farmer did not lose in the long run. The town of Waterville became the Douglas County seat in 1887, and according to its Chamber of Commerce, farming remains a mainstay of the local economy. The Wilhelm Collection (Coast Magazine September 1908, p. 153-157-article on Waterville) TPL-4273


Photographer: Witter, Alfred S., Waterville

WIL (A)-005

Everett & Monte Cristo Railway Company train near Tunnel #4 along the Stillaguamish River canyon. The Everett & Monte Cristo Railway Co. was incorporated in 1892 and was a common carrier of mine and timber cargo. Photograph by Kirk, c. 1900. 

WIL (B)-066

Forest area nine miles from Port Angeles, Washington. Photograph by S.G. Morse, Fulmer's Studio, Port Angeles, Washington, c. 1906.

WIL (B)-069

Two loggers from the Thomas Bordeaux company pose in a deep cut in a standing tree in the Black Hills of Thurston County, Washington beside a whipsaw. Photograph by Jeffers Studio, c. 1909. 

WIL (B)-088

Two loggers posing on springboard planks felling a tree with pictured axes and a whipsaw in Grays Harbor, Washington. 

WIL (C)-005

Fishermen emptying nets of salmon into the Michigan steamer at the Shultz & Gross trap near Roche Harbor, Washington. Photograph c. 1903.

WIL (C)-023

Makah Native American halibut fishers on Neah Bay, c. 1906. Photograph by S. E. Morse, Port Angeles, Washington, c. 1906. 

WIL (D)-025

A house and barn on Lopez Island. Lopez Island spans 30 square miles and produced crops of grain, hay and orchard fruit. Photograph c. 1903.

WIL (D)-026

Inter-Island Telephone Company agent W.H. McCrary's estate on San Juan Island, near Friday Harbor. Photograph c. 1903.

WIL (D)-047

Cowboy Buffalo Vernon wrestling a steer at the Round-Up rodeo event in Pendleton, Oregon, 1910. The following year, steer wrestling or, "bulldogging," became an official event at the Pendleton Round-Up. Photograph by W. S. Bowman, September, 1910.

WIL (D)-063

Ella Lazinka at the first Round-Up, Pendleton, Oregon, 1910. Lazinka took 14 minutes, and nine and a half seconds to run the three day relay at one mile each day, and won the first relay against noted cowgirl Bertha Blancett. Photograph by W. S. Bowman September, 1910.

WIL (D)-070

The 18 acre Billy Turner Ranch orchards in Wenatchee Valley, overlooking the town of Wenatchee, Washington. The Turner Ranch contained 15 acres of orchards that averaged 90 trees to the acre which produced apples, peaches, pears, apricots and prunes. Photograph by B. C Collier, c. 1908.

WIL (D)-077

Wheat warehouses in Ritzville, Washington with two teams of horses hitched to wagons for transporting the sacked wheat. Ritzville exported 1,856 cars of wheat and 563 cars of flour between 1901 to 1902. Photograph c. 1903.

WIL (D)-096

Steam plow on John Hoffman's farm in Eureka Flats, near Waitsburg in Walla Walla County, Washington. Hoffman, a German immigrant, owned 8,000 total acres of wheat producing farmland in Walla Walla County before retiring in 1903 at the age of 51. Photograph by the Holt Manufacturing Company, Stockton, California, c. 1903. 

WIL (D)-114

Overhead perspective of F. G. Monroe ranch workers branding cattle three and a half miles Southwest of Sprague, Washington. Photograph by T.T. Richardson, c. 1908.

WIL (D)-123

Sacks of grain await shipment at Davenport, Washington, where more than a million bushels of wheat were exported in 1901 and as many as 15,000 and 20,000 bushels were produced in one season. Davenport is the county seat of Lincoln County in what the Coast magazine, called part of the "Big Bend Wheat Country" of Eastern Washington. Photograph c. 1902.

WIL (D)-125

Teams of horses hitched to a threshing combine on the Robert Gunning ranch near Davenport, Washington. The wind guard on the rear of the combine keeps air from upsetting the threshing (separation) process and stores the chaff from the grain. Photograph by Paige, c. 1908.

WIL (E)-029

Elevated perspective of Friday Harbor looking east. By 1903, Friday Harbor was the commercial center and county seat of San Juan County. Photograph c. 1904. 

WIL (E)-037

Front Street in Port Angeles, Washington, located in Clallam County, featuring a Tailor, Palace Bakery, Paper and Paint, Laundry, City Hotel and Bar, Gem Restaurant, Matthew's Pharmacy, Port Angeles Grocery and Fulmer's Studio. Port Angeles was incorporated in 1890 and is the county seat of Clallam County. It is located on the shores of the Strait of Juan de Fuca near the Olympic Mountains. Photograph by C.E. Fulmer, c. 1907.

WIL (F)-010

The Richardson Store and Post Office in Lopez Island on Richardson Bay. First settled by George Richardson in 1873, the post office was established in 1891, replaced in 1928, destroyed by fire in 1990 and not rebuilt. Photograph c. 1904. 

WIL (F)-022

Olympia High School (also known as William Winlock Miller school) at 12th and Columbia in Olympia, Washington. The site was donated by Mary M. Miller, in memory of her husband, Gen. William Winlock Miller. Designed by Seattle Schools architect James Stephens, the school opened in 1907 and was destroyed by fire on July 2, 1918 before a scheduled demolition. Photograph c. 1909. 

WIL (F)-026

Three adults and a child outside the San Juan County Bank in Friday Harbor, Washington located on the San Juan Islands. The oblique angle reveals a false-front on the building's facade to appear taller. Photograph c. 1906. 

WIL (F)-115

Twenty five foot tall bronzed statue of Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, Utah. The statue stood at the intersection of Main and South Temple streets from 1897 to 1993, when it was moved just north of the intersection. Photograph c. 1907.

WIL (F)-130

Four people posing outside the perimeter of the Bannock County Court House in Pocatello, Idaho with the Bonneville Elementary School in the distance. Bannock County was established in 1893 and the courthouse was built in 1902. Photograph by W. P. Havenor, c. 1909.

WIL (F)-131

Masted ships docked at The Puget Mill Company in Port Gamble, Washington located in Kitsap County. Photograph taken December 17, 1899. 

WIL (F)-134

Unidentified street in Davenport, Washington located in Lincoln County featuring The Lucas Brothers Hardware Store on the Turner Block, the Davenport Trading Company Department Store on the McMillan Block, the J.H. Berge building and Granger Groceries. Photograph c. 1907. 

WIL (F)-144

Main Street looking east in Ritzville, Washington located in Adams County. Palace Lodging, Yakima Bar, Dr. Lemman Dentist, Rosenoff & Company Drugs and Myers Shepley Company businesses are all visible. Photograph c. 1908.

WIL (F)-150

Capital Square in Olympia, Washington featuring a band shell, fountain and walking paths. Photograph c. 1907. 

WIL (F)-152

People standing outside of the Kane Brothers general merchandise store in La Center, Washington, located in Clark County near the foothills of the Cascade Mountain Range. Wooden crates litter the ground, a sign for Lowe's Paint and a partially obscured sign which may say "German American" is to the left of the doorway. Photograph c. 1909.

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