In the early 1900s, Black Diamond's Third Avenue was low on traffic and high on housing. Today, this spot is Highway 169.

Horse and buggy were the mode of transportation in the early 1900s, as this scene of a meat vendor shows.

Black Diamond is fueled by its mining traditions, taking its name from the "black diamonds" of coal. Mining began in the 1880s and this photo was taken just after the turn of century.