In 1929, a the stock market crashed leaving “over 9,000 American banks either went bankrupt of closed their doors to avoid bankruptcy between 1930 and 1933. Depositors lost over $2.5 billion in deposits.59 This left 25% of Americans without a job, and unemployment never went below 15 percent until World War II. Of those who [...]
A parsonage is being built for Pastor Anderson of the M. E. church.
At present J. L. Mosman is kept very busy in his general store, especially in the line of farm implements, the farmers preparing for harvest time.
L. D. Clarke and his wife and son have left Yelm for Idaho, where they will make their future home.
J. [...]
Thriving Little City Is Set in heart of Rich Dairy Industry
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The Tacoma Daily Ledger July 17, 1910
Yelm, July 16 – Freight cars today hide a part of Yelm from the view of passengers of trains on the Northern Pacific tracks, which [...]
The ever so going town of Yelm as of today seems to be an expanding bedroom community. Very little people know of the Yelm that once was the “Berry Capital of Washington.” Yelm has seen its varieties of agricultural products, worker, and hard times but those times have come and gone. The jump start to Yelm [...]
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Over the past month I have been reviewing a scrapbook from the Yelm High School Girls’ League in the 1950’s. Technically, every girl in the high school was a member of the Girls’ League much the same as students taking agriculture classes are considered members of the FFA. Since the club was so large, most [...]
The remoteness of a town like Yelm caused a need for the women to socialize with each other. The harsh lifestyle that they had to endure was too much without some kind of diversion from their work. Clubs provided the women in Yelm with a channel through which they could accomplish both these things. Women [...]
The people of Yelm have always had a special relationship with their mountain. The mountain provides resources and recreation to the surrounding areas, and in the past, Yelm was an important stop for people on their way to visit Mt. Rainier. Some of Yelm’s most important historical events and people have been closely linked to [...]
Nisqually Valley News
Many people who now live here as well as many former residents were in attendance at the Memorial Service, held at the Yelm Cemetery on Memorial Day, sponsored jointly by the American Legion and Auxiliary and the Yelm Garden Club. The program opened with a flag raising ceremony, with the Boy Scout Troop, and [...]
Nisqually Valley News
Ernest McVittie, a resident of Yelm about ten years ago, and a son of Alf McVittie, who passecd away some fifteen years ago, was killed in action in the Philippines between April 16th and May 12th, according to word received here. He had lived in Klamath Falls in recent years. His mother, Mrs. V. C. Johnson [...]
Nisqually Valley News
Some prankster with a misquided sense of humor, called a number at random, on the new dial phones, very late, a few nights ago. It proved to be the number of an invalid woman. She was expecting a call from her son who was due to leave any day for overseas service. She managed to get [...]
