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
A Brief History of Tenino by Art Dwelley
The first settler on the site of Tenino was Stephen Hodgdon, A native of Maine who had come west in 1849 with the California gold rush. Failing to strike it rich, he came north in 1851 and took up a donation land claim on the banks of Scatter Creek. His land was located directly on … Continue reading A Brief History of Tenino by Art Dwelley