McCleary Musings: September 2016

C.B. Mann, Apothecary, Olympia, WT

Mar. 31, 2012. Turned up in a plowed field outside of town, on a farm once owned by J.T. Hicklin

Razors and Red Flags

Sept. 28, 2016. An album with McCleary connections. Worth tracking down. Nice to see musicians are still producing work on vinyl-- we old Boomers who still have turntables appreciate it.

Second Street disconnect

Sept. 27, 2016. Where 2nd St. dead ends, just out of reach to Mox Chehalis Rd.

In the seamy back alleys of the metropolis

Sept. 26, 2016. Behind Simpson Ave.

Time tunnel in McCleary?

Sept. 22, 2016. No. Just the end of the water in the plastic bottle.

Water stain

Mar. 3, 2013. Don't remember the story on this, but I like the lines

Sept. 21, 2016. OK, maybe it is just me, but doesn't it seem sort of weird to have a functioning merry-go-round behind the cemetery? Especially since it so isolated from anything else?

I expect Rod Serling, or worse, to step out of the woods any moment.

Bacon grease meets dish soap

Feb. 28, 2016. Pretty exciting, eh?

Night scene, 3rd and Mommsen

Feb. 25, 2014.

Gassing up

Feb. 25, 2014.

The missing hook

Feb. 16, 2012

Rain Country stars

Sept. 16, 2016

Underground pig

Sept. 14, 2016. Half of a walnut that fell last year and shaved by a mower. Whenever I see this I think of a pig buried under the ground, breathing only because the end of the snout is above the surface.

Predawn McCleary

Sept. 14, 2016. Taken from Pine and 6th.

Square angles

Feb. 10, 2013. Rainbow Park

Carnations

Feb. 8, 2012. Rainbow Park

Red red pear

Feb. 6, 2015.

Lamp

Jan. 29, 2014.

In the alley behind the Simpson Ave. mini-mall

Sept. 6, 2016

Jake Anderson's gate

Sept. 5, 2016. A surly Norwegian bachelor named Jake Anderson owned everything west of current day 4th Street before Henry McCleary arrived. Anderson lived at the top of the "T" at 5th and Oak, and was known to use a boat to get around the cedar swamp that is now the filled-in downtown area. The gate to Anderson's digs was here, on this northernmost block of Main St.

Until recently, the spot where Anderson's gate stood was marked on the sidewalk, but a redo of the area wiped that out. This particular side of the block has been home to some iconic McCleary business establishments in the past: Timbear Cafe, Golden Rule Store, the office of Dr. James Arima, Hankinson Jewelry, Porter Hotel, a movie theater, Pastime Pool Hall, McCleary Pharmacy, just to name a few.