Mine number four of Northwestern Improvement Company in Roslyn, Washington. The company was the largest producer of coal in Washington State with six mines in the Roslyn field, an output of over 7,000 tons per day and 2,500 employees. Photograph by Bevilacqua, c. 1908.

Text from photo: "Log 28 foot long. Scaled 9000 foot. Sawed at Port Gamble, Washington. February 10, 1900." The mill pictured above is believed to be the oldest establishment under original management on the Puget Sound.

Thomas Bordeaux company logging crew in the Black Hills of Thurston County, Washington. Thomas Bordeaux and brother Joseph operated a large shingle mill which produced 250,000 shingles daily. Photograph by Jeffers Studio, c. 1909. 

Thomas Bordeaux company logging crew in the Black Hills of Thurston County, Washington. Thomas Bordeaux and brother Joseph operated a large shingle mill which produced 250,000 shingles daily. From photo back: "Near Thos. Bordeaux's Camps." Photograph by Jeffers Studio, c. 1909. 

Mt. Hood from the Cloud Cap Inn, located on the northeastern portion of the mountain. The Cloud Cap Inn was built in the summer of 1889 at an elevation of 6000 feet and was the area's first permanent resort. Photograph c. 1902.

A twenty foot high sled of logs being pulled by two horses, surrounded by the Baker Brothers logging crew of the Whitefish Lumber Company, three miles east of Whitefish, Montana. Photograph c. 1906.

Conveyer for receiving wooden panels at the E. K. Wood Lumber Company in Hoquiam, Washington. Managed by O.M. Kellogg, the mill had a capacity of 110,000 feet of lumber every ten hours and employed 140 people. The company also produced electric lights and maintained a general merchandise store. Photograph c. 1903.

Unpaved road between Port Angeles and Lake Crescent in Clallam County which included stops at Lake Sutherland. Photograph by Leo Hettzel, Port Angeles, 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.

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 with three masted sailing ships docked for shipments and a log pond in the foreground for lumber awaiting processing. Photograph taken June 14, 1900.

Three children standing in a field of oats near Richardson on Lopez Island. Photograph c. 1903. 

Cowboys assembled for a steer roping contest. The 1910 Round-Up was the first annual event and drew 7,000 attendees. Text from photo: "Cow boys ready for the steer roping contest. The Round-Up. Pendleton, OR." Photograph by W. S. Bowman, September, 1910.

Ella Lazinka on horseback holding a trophy for the relay race at the 1910 Round-Up in Pendleton, Oregon. Lazinka won first place for the first two years of the competition and retired in her third year due to an accident which injured her leg. Photograph by W. S. Bowman September, 1910.

The Wilson House beside Lake Sutherland in the Olympic Mountains, about 17 miles west of Port Angeles, Washington. Photograph by Thomas, c. 1907.

Team of horses and laborers operating a combined harvester and thresher on the Haskins Brothers farmland near Almira, Washington in Lincoln County. 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 W.F. Mitchell, Almira, Washington, c. 1908. 

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. 

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.

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 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. 

Storefront facade of for A. T. Miles Photo Studio (written "Fotographer") in Bremerton, Washington, located in Kitsap County. Photograph c. 1907.

The two story Public Hall building at Friday Harbor on San Juan Island with pasted advertisements for "A True Weatherman," and "Clara Hamm." Photograph c. 1904. 

Two people holding newspapers in the doorway of the Seattle Daily Star offices published by the E.H. Wells & Company firm at 1107 Third Ave in Seattle, Washington. The Queen City Employment Office is the building on the left and the City Steam Carpet Beating and Renovating Company can be seen in the reflection across the street. Photograph c. 1900. 

The Marysville school building (b. 1891) in Marysville, Washington, located in Snohomish County. Photograph by Ferdinand "Ferd" Brady, c. 1904.

Text from photo: "View of Eagle Harbor, WA and plant of Pacific Creosoting Co." The Pacific Creosoting Company, originally The Perfection Pile Preserving Company, treated logs with creosote as a preservative and became one of the largest producers of treated wood products in the United States. Photograph c. 1909.

The State Capitol Building in Olympia, Washington, located in Thurston County. The Richardsonian Romanesque structure was constructed from Chuckanut sandstone and opened in 1892 as the Thurston County Courthouse, overlooking Sylvester Park. The building was designed by Willis Ritchie who had contributed similar municipal buildings in Port Townsend and Spokane. The state purchased the courthouse in 1901 for $350,000 to serve as the capitol building until 1928. Photograph c. 1909.