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
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