Granite Falls, WA - Museum

A pineapple express has arrived here in the Pac N.W., so instead of another batch of Winter wonder we are having a slight warm spell with a heavy dose of rain and wind.  To snow or flood, that is the questions!  Anyhow, found myself driving down the twisted Mtn Loop Hwy today for half day of Granite Fall work at the local Museum.  If you haven't been there yet it's a hidden gem in the old logging town.  It's only open on Sunday's from Noon-5pm or if you'd like arrangements can be made for private tours if you call ahead (great option), and located on Union Street.  For just over a month now I've been finding time a couple of days a week to work behind the scenes at recording donations of historical value in the museum database.  It may sound mundane to some but the space is an incredible time capsule of the late 1890's when towns around these parts were just beginning to form in response to the mining and timber industry.  A fair amount of the donations are old photographs or glass negative prints as well as objects of historical relevance.  For me it is walk into the past, and as some articles become familiar to me especially those of the old mining town that I now live in (Silverton, Est.1891), I find myself calling it apart of my new found roots.  It's quite incredible to feel such an attachment to one place.  I've attached just a few photos to tease you with.

Should you find yourself in the area I surely suggest you visit the establishment and enjoy stepping back into time.  I think you'll be amazed at what you'll discover...