0075 – Jim and Ella Wallace at Monroe Railroad depot
2/03
Henry A. (Babe) Dennis; 9/76; 2x3; O; CN3; H, T
0060 – John Johnson in a horse buggy with Homer Dennis standing with a colt
Johnson has a bandaged foot. 1/03
Henry A. (Babe) Dennis; 9/76; 5x3 pp; O; H, T
0054 – Shay locomotive with Ed Johnson in the cab, Monroe Logging Company c1924
Built July 15, 1913, by Lima Locomotive Works, Shop #2653, for the Sultan Railway and Timber Company. Hofius Steel & Equipment Co. (D) #3, Seattle, WA, is also listed as an owner. Monroe Logging Co. #3, Machias, WA, acquired it c1923. It was scrapped Nov. 25, 1939. Specifications: Class C 70-3; Trucks 3; 3 cylinders, 12 Diameter by 15 stroke; Gear Ratio 2.25; Wheel Diameter 36 in.; Standard Gauge; Boiler Style E.W.T, 50 in. diameter; fuel was oil; 1200 gallon fuel tank; 3,000 gallons water capacity; empty weight as built 130,750. From www.shaylocomotives.com. Darius Kinsey, Seattle, photo; Kinsey #3106. Scanned in two passes and digitally merged. 2/04
Henry A. (Babe) Dennis; 9/76; 13x10 l; O; CN9,13; L
0052 – Wagon team with Joseph Dennis and Homer Dennis
1/03
Henry A. (Babe) Dennis; 9/76; 5x3 pp; O; T
0050 – Wagon bridge over Skykomish River at Monroe, Wash.
Appears to be the rebuilt bridge of 1905 as a second, smaller truss has been added to the south side (see photo #448). This color tinted postcard was printed in Germany and distributed by “Sprouse & Son, Importers and Publishers, Tacoma, Wash.” Until bridged, the Skykomish River formed a formidable barrier between the town of Monroe and the rich farms of the Tualco Valley. The financial panic of 1893 almost prevented the first bridge from being built, but it was finally completed in 1894 and rebuilt in 1905. The 150-foot span across the main channel, coupled with another 75-foot span across the slough to the south of it, and a 300-foot trestle connecting the two finally allowing for easy travel between Monroe and the Tualco Valley. 11/03
Henry A. (Babe) Dennis; 9/76; 5.5x3.5 pp; O; M, T
0043 – Men in their Sunday best in four early automobiles on East Main Street c1907
Looking east up East Main Street with four early automobiles filled with men dressed in their Sunday best while the ladies look on from the boardwalk. Moody’s Racket (Variety) Store is on the northwest corner of Main and Ferry Streets with the Washington Hotel across Ferry Street from it. In 1908 Monroe built a two-story brick city hall (now Old City Hall and the home of the Monroe Historical Society Museum) in the vacant lot just east of the Washington Hotel. At the upper extreme right a photographer is standing on a telephone pole.11/05
Henry A. (Babe) Dennis; 9/76; 5.5x3 pp; O; CN3,7,13; M, T