Name/Title
Print, PhotographEntry/Object ID
P16121Description
Collage of historical LCHM photos made by Margaret Shields for the time capsule for the reconstruction of the County Courthouse.
1. McCormick Mill, circa 1910. 2. George Washington, founder of Centralia. 3. Railroad Cars from the Alliance Coal Mine. 4. Typical Lewis County Logging Scene, circa 1910. 5. Downtown Centralia. Photo taken from North Tower Ave. circa 1900. 6. Native American picking hops, which was common practice in the early 1900's. 7. Simon Plomondon, Hudson's Bay employee and early settler of the Cowlitz Prairie. 8. Yardbirds Shopping Center Logo, Lewis County Landmark and Icon, Shopping Center closed in early 1990's. 9. The Borst Home built in the 1860's. Considered to be the finest pioneer home in Washington Territory. 10. Dan Secena of the Chehalis Tribe, surrounded by cedar root imbrication baskets. 11. Typical Northwest Logging Scene, early 1900's. 12. Map of the Hudson's Bay Company Farm, established on the Cowlitz Prairie in 1838. 13. Map of the original boundary of Lewis County. The Mother of all Counties, its border once stretched from Alaska to the Columbia River. 14. The Second St. Helens Hotel, Chehalis, built in 1914. 15. Jackson Courthouse, one of the earliest courthouses in Washington Territory. 16. Downtown Chehalis with the original St. Helens Hotel in background, built in 1889. 17. The McFadden Home. Built in Chehalis in 1859, it is the oldest continually lived in home in Washington State. 18. Herman Klaber, a leader in the hops industry, died in the Titanic Ocean Liner in 1912. 19. Claquato Church, built in 1858, it is the earliest Protestant Church west of the Mississippi River. 20. Eliza Saunders Barrett, founder of Chehalis.
Laser copyCollection
Lewis County Historical SocietyLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Lewis County Historical SocietyCreate Date
July 7, 2016Update Date
March 13, 2024