Splash dam created by the Lytle Logging and Mercantile Company near Hoquiam, Washington on the Elk River. A splash dam is a temporary wooden structure used to raise the water level of streams to float logs downstream. The company employed over 250 men and produced 45 million feet of logs in 1902. Photograph c. 1903.

Logger for the Frank H. Lamb Timber Company posing in forest four miles from Montesano, Washington. Photograph by J. F. Ford, Portland, OR, c. 1903.

The Stillwater Lumber Company in Little Falls, Washington in southern Lewis County. The company employed 200 men and had a capacity to process 100,000 feet of lumber daily during this period. Photograph c. 1909.

The American Lumber Company (alternately, The American Mill Company) mill in Aberdeen, Washington. company had a capacity to process 125,000 feet of lumber every ten hours and employed 75 workers. The company was owned by B.F. Johnson and managed by G.M. Autrim. Photograph c. 1903.

Panoramic photo of the Stanwood Lumber Co. in Stanwood, Washington, located in Snohomish County. Photograph c. 1903.

Fishermen using the brailing method to gather salmon from the water at the Cattle Point fish trap off of the San Juan Islands. Photograph c. 1903.

Fishermen emptying nets of salmon at the Cattle Point fish trap off of the San Juan Islands. Photograph c. 1903.

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

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

The Michigan steamer loaded with salmon at the Shultz & Gross trap near Roche Harbor, Washington. Photograph c. 1903.

Fishermen loading a salmon trap at Shultz & Gross near Roche Harbor, Washington in the San Juan Islands. Photograph c. 1903.

The Puget Mill Company sawmill in Port Gamble, Washington. Photograph taken June 14, 1900.

The Puget Mill Company sawmill in Port Gamble, Washington with three masted sailing ships docked for shipments and a log pond in the foreground for lumber awaiting processing. Photograph taken June 14, 1900.

Fishermen hauling in fishing nets with salmon at the Shultz & Gross trap near Roche Harbor, Washington. Photograph taken August 2nd, 1901.

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

Business district in Shelton, Washington, displaying signs for The Bear Saloon, Bicycle Repairing, a Restaurant and Bakery, and The Shelton Market. Shelton was named after David Shelton, a delegate to the Territorial Legislature, and originally called Sheltonville. Shelton became the county seat of Mason County in 1888 and was incorporated in 1890. Photograph c. 1902. 

Prefontaine (Place) Building under construction in 1909 at Third & Yesler Way in Seattle. The building was named after Seattle's first resident priest, Father Francis Xavier Prefontaine (1838-1909) who arrived in Seattle in 1867 and built the city's first Roman Catholic church, Our Lady of Good Help, at Third & Washington. The Prefontaine Building was completed in 1909, the year of Fr. Prefontaine's death and remains extant. Photograph by Wilhelm, H.L., c. 1909. 

Waterfront street in the town of Friday Harbor, Washington in the San Juan Islands featuring signs for Saloon Best 5 Cent Beers, Office Pacific Steam Laundry and Soda Fountain with fruits, candies and ice cream. By 1903, Friday Harbor was the commercial center and county seat of San Juan County. Photograph c. 1903.

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. 

Pennsylvania Avenue in Cle Elum, Washington located in Kittitas County, featuring a restaurant, a wagon and building for the Northwestern Improvement Company, the state's largest producers of coal. Though signs are unreadable from photograph Central Hotel is visible next to the restaurant, followed by the Reed House, built by Cle Elum founder, Walter J. Reed. Photograph by Pautzke, Otto W., c. 1895.

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.

Third and Union intersection in Seattle, Washington looking east. The Federal Building is at right, followed by the Post-Intelligencer Building and the White Building. The Antlers Hotel is midway down the block at left with the Crary Building in the distance. Photograph by Webster & Stevens, c. 1909.

Elevated perspective looking east on Pike Street from Second Avenue in Seattle, Washington. Visible buildings include The Pike, Kodak's, The American, The Union Bakery, The Peoples Savings Bank and the MacDougall & Southwick Company. Photograph by Webster & Stevens, c. 1909.

Oblique aerial perspective of Cashmere, Washington located in Chelan County, with Cascade Mountains at the horizon. Cashmere is located in the Wenatchee Valley between Leavenworth and Wenatchee. Photograph by O.C. Jordan, c. 1908.

L.K. Munson general merchandise store in Shelton, Washington, advertising Crescent Bicycles, guns, cigars, stationary and mattresses. Photograph c. 1907.

The Teekalet Hotel in Port Gamble, Washington located in Kitsap County, built c. 1850. Photograph c. 1909. 

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. 

The Manufactures and Oriental Buildings in the Court of Honor section of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, Washington. More than three million visitors attended the Exposition during the summer and fall of 1909. Photograph c. 1909. 

The original City Hall building (right) and Henry Yesler mansion and Crawford Hannon building at Third Avenue and Jefferson in Seattle, Washington. The City of Seattle used this building as City Hall until 1909, then moved to Fifth Avenue and Yesler Way from 1909-1916. The Yesler mansion housed one of Seattle's first public library and was demolished by fire on January 1, 1901. Photograph c. 1896. 

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.