Can you spot the rabbit?

Rabbit Hill, July 30, 2016

Those darn raccoons

July 30, 2011. The raccoons around town can get pretty nasty with cats, as Charlie discovered one morning.

Cedar St. and Evergreen Pl.

Otherwise known, by me at least, as Rabbit Hill. July 29, 2016

Electric mower

July 29, 2012

McCleary Moonshine

July 29, 2011. Constructed by Bill Willis for the McCleary Museum, a display highlighting the important role of moonshine during Prohibition in the history of the town. Homemade booze and smuggled alcohol from Canada was a major part of the economy in McCleary.

The shoe

July 28, 2016, Simpson Ave. bus stop.

OK, there has to be a story here.

Simpson Door Plant

July 28, 2016

Henry McCleary purchased the Chehalis Fir Door Co. in 1910 and moved the entire operation from Lewis County, including most of the workers, next to his mill (which was in present day Beerbower Park). When the door plant was constructed it was the last word in modern technology. The next 20 years would be a real boom period for the company town. McCleary also owned lumber operations in Shelton and Olympia.

Henry sold his one-man town to the Simpson Co. on the last day of 1941, including the company houses and utilities. The town incorporated in Jan. 1943.