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Dryad Community Church

The last remaining public building in the community of Dryad is the Doty/Dryad Community Baptist Church, currently holding service for

The current Evaline school house was built in 1925, serving as the fifth schoolhouse for the district that sits just

One of two Vader-area structures on the National Register, Grace Evangelical Church of Vader traces its roots to 1891, but

Tidbit of trivial knowledge: The John R. Jackson House was Washington’s first-ever state park! Mr. Jackson worked a variety of

Located in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, near the southeastern entrance to Mt. Rainier, La Wis Wis Guard Station cabin

As a centerpiece of the small community of Morton, the Morton Depot built in 1910 is one of the last

Once part of the Northern Pacific Railway line extending to South Bend, the Newaukum River Bridge on the present-day Willapa

Packwood Lake was once considered for an electricity project, and a cabin adjacent to the beautiful waters was built in

The entirety of the Randle Ranger Station and Work Center, belonging to the U.S. Forest Service, serves as the Cowlitz

The oldest mission in the Pacific Northwest and the first Catholic mission in Washington Territory, St. Francis Xavier Mission north

The White Pass Country Museum offers several exhibits detailing the history and culture of the Packwood area and East Lewis

After it had closed for a time, it reopened more than a decade ago and continues to bring people in