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Flashback: Frank W. Wagner
The younger son of George Wagner by Anna Mabel Wagner, Frank W. Wagner was born April 9, 1878. He lost his sight while in college. He never married. Frank Wagner…
Flashback: Residential Main Street
This photo was taken around 1924 in the vicinity of Sams Street. It looks southwest toward Madison (extreme left). Sams Street is the cross street in the middle. Monroe Historical…
Flashback: Monroe High School 1914 baseball team
This photo was taken on the front steps of the Reformatory Administration Building on Decoration Day, 1914. The photo was used in the 1915 Sahalie, the high school yearbook, which…
Flashback: Dinnertime!
This is a typical scene when the bell rang at Wagner and Wilson Mill in Monroe. The sign over the door reads “Boarding House; For Regular Boarders Only; Others Keep…
Flashback: Monroe High School 1913 Track Team
Written on the back: “Coach Rhodes, top center. Leo Bennett, top row third from right.” Also in the top row, the first two on the left are Charles Low and…
Flashback: Lewis Street, looking north
This photo was taken from the Lewis Street intersection with Main Street in approximately 1921. In mid-May 1911, the Milwaukee Railroad track crossed Monroe’s town limits over the trestle leading…
Flashback: Sky River Bridge
This view of the Skykomish River Bridge is from the south shore, looking upriver to the northeast. This is the third bridge at the end of South Lewis Street, which…
Flashback: Monroe Fire Department Volunteers
This photo of the Monroe Fire Department volunteers in front of the IOOF Hall was probably taken in 1906, as Fred Frohning was chief in the photo and that was…
Flashback: Great Northern Train Depot
Monroe’s second Great Northern Railway depot was built in 1910. That depot was razed and replaced with a modular unit in 1972. The station closed completely in 1976. The Great…
Flashback: Thedinga Hardware Store
Thedinga Hardware first opened in 1906. This is the building they occupied for a time on the northeast corner of S. Lewis and Fremont Streets before moving to their West…
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