A Tenino Depot Museum & South Thurston County Historical Society History https://youtu.be/WVU5kzWKqKM (PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO HAS NO SOUND) It came to the attention of the City of Tenino in 1973 that Burlington Northern, who then had ownership of Tenino’s 1914 Northern Pacific Depot, would have to be torn down or moved from their right of … Continue reading Museum on the Move
Annual Events
Christmas at the Museum is the 2nd Saturday in December annually. The Depot is decked out for the season. Get your picture taken with our 150 year old sleigh. Visit Santa in our Christmas Caboose! 12 a.m. to 4 p.m. Family Fun Day kicks of the summer every year on the last Saturday in June. … Continue reading Annual Events
A History of Wooden Money by Don Major
By Don Major, from The Thurston County Independent, Feb. 19, 1965 The Nation, and Tenino, was gripped by the Great Depression in 1931, and money was scarce. The Independent in November of that year advocated editorially that scrip be used to meet the currency shortage. Then on December 5th, 1931, the matter of emergency struck … Continue reading A History of Wooden Money by Don Major