The Neighbors project was published weekly in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1996 to 2000. This page remains available for archival purposes only and the information it contains may be outdated. For more updated information, please visit our Webtowns section.
 
Advertising
seattlepi.com
NWclassifieds | NWsource | Subscribe | Contact Us | Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Jump to:  Weather | Traffic | Mariners | Seahawks | Sonics | Forums | Calendar
NEIGHBORS ?

OUR AFFILIATES
NWsource
KOMO
Pacific Publishing
MSNBC
Maple Valley
The Neighbors "Album" showcases historical photographs for the communities being profiled. Click on one of the thumbnail images below to see a larger, more detailed picture with detailed caption.

Photo
Maple Valley's first store was opened in 1891 by Mrs. McDonald and was purchased the same year by W.D. Gibbons. Gibbons, left, posed in front of his store in 1894.

Photo
The Maple Valley Hotel is shown in a photo from 1906.

Photo
It wasn't long after the first store opened that baseball became a community pastime. These Maple Valley players put on their game faces for the team photograph, circa 1912.

ADVERTISING
HEADLINES
Saturday, October 17, 1998

Growth way up as town strives to keep maples

Longtimers and newcomers both miss the way things were

New city born from desire to shape community's growth

More police, less crime follow cityhood

Popular park packs in the visitors

Rural towns share historical ties, among other things

Jon Hahn: Pilot's pipe dream is realized with organ fit for an orchestra

Things to do while you're here

Scenes of Maple Valley

Maple Valley historical album

Maple Valley by the numbers

Nearby communities:

Auburn

Covington

Enumclaw

Kent

Advertising
RSS
AP: TOP HEADLINES
· Texas levees hold but waters rise in Dolly's rains
· Obama arrives in Berlin and meets with Merkel
· Federal minimum wage rises to $6.55 today
· AP IMPACT: Fatal MRAP accidents prompt warnings
· Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton
*more
RSS
AP: ODD NEWS
· In Portland, Ore., parking laws include police
· Judge: Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do
· Bubble burst? Off-Broadway show's suds stolen
· Pet rabbit credited with saving couple from fire
· 'Pantyhose Bandit' causes sheer annoyance in Mass.
*more
RSS
MOST READ
· Fresh scent may hide toxic secret
· Bedard a jerk worth keeping
· St. John: Game consoles will be dead by 2020
· Fifth dental death in 3 years
· Officer's firing unjustified, board says
*more
RSS
MOST E-MAILED
· Fresh scent may hide toxic secret
· Angling for luxury: Fish pedicure lets carp take the first bite
· Apology 64 years in the making for black soldiers wrongly convicted
· Grocery bag fee headed to full council
· The You Docs: Can't find things? Your memory may be too good
*more
POPULAR SOUNDOFFS
· Democrats reject inquiry into Gregoire's gambling pacts
· Grocery bag fee headed to full council
· The 'Global War on Terror': What is it we're fighting?
· Golf rage incident 'extremely stupid'
· Gaza on brink of humanitarian catastrophe
*more
· Help/troubleshoot
· My account
OUR AFFILIATES
NWsource KOMO
Pacific Publishing

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
101 Elliott Ave. W.
Seattle, WA 98119
(206) 448-8000

Home Delivery: (206) 464-2121 or (800) 542-0820
seattlepi.com serves about 1.7 million unique visitors
and 30 million page views each month.

Send comments to newmedia@seattlepi.com
Send investigative tips to iteam@seattlepi.com
©1996-2008 Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Terms of Use/Privacy Policy

Hearst Newspapers