Washington Standard
P. B. Van Trump, who can date reasonably far back as a pioneer of our city-say nearly forty years-who for a couple or more decades now was the “Nasby” of Yelm, now residing in Seattle, visited his old time home last Saturday, and found a few friends remaining, who knew him in the days [...]

Washington Standard
O Yes, Mr., Editor, I nearly forgot one of the speakers at the goldbug rally, and that was P. B. Van Trump of Yelm.  He told how the Democratic party had run off and left him away out here in the wood, and you could almost see the tears running down his cheeks.  The [...]

J. C. Conine was part of the American rural tradition.  In Ohio, Iowa, and Washington he lived in the countryside on a farm.  That scene in America was becoming less prominent during his lifetime, but his was never an urban life.  In Yelm, farming would be the major source of employment during Conine’s life there.  [...]

Sturdy Pioneer of Thurston County PASSES TO FINAL REST Sketch of His Experience in Early Days
James Longmire, one of the oldest pioneers of the state and the proprietor of the Longmire springs, died at 4:15 Wednesday afternoon at the residence of his daughter in law, Mrs. Jackson Longmire, in Tacoma. He had been very sick [...]

Roads are an unbelievably exciting part of the history of Washington and Yelm. All aspects of these means of transportation, commerce, and recreation are incredible. The conditions, road tax, petitions, building, and supervisors are all individual spectrums of how these roads were special to the area. Here are how each of those limbs contributed to [...]

 By the early 1870s, the future townsite of Yelm was owned by George Edwards and John McKenzie. Edwards, a former Hudson’s Bay Company employee, acquired most of the western part of the future town through purchase from the United States. John McKenzie owned all of the land in the eastern portion of what would become [...]

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 [...]

Introduction:  When Jacob Stone died a list was made of his assets and debts.  The following is a report on personal property (soon to be auctioned) and any other sources of income.
Sold his personal property $486.35
Seems to have leased land for people to run their horses on
Sold J. C. Conine hay
Amos Miles rented land from [...]

Introduction:  Jacob Stone was a French-Canadian and was married to a native woman, Margaret.  They lived in the Bald Hills and had three children.  One of their sons married Edith Corbett, a long time teacher in the area.  When Jacob died in 1897 his probate record included debts he incurred shopping at the Longmire store [...]