HOMEPAGE: THE CLAYTON/DEER PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

HOMEPAGE THE CLAYTON and DEER PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY About The Society EMAIL LINKS INTERNET LINKS NEWSLETTERS ISSUE # 1 ISSUE # 2 ISSUE # 3 ISSUE # 4 ISSUE # 5 ISSUE # 6 The Society's Copyright Policy Historical Society Publications The Old Clayton School DPHS Boxing 1945 - 1949 DPHS Boxing Pictures Homesteading At Clayton Washington Stepping To The Side: A Dynamite Primer Deer Parks Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Atlas Missile Album Atlas Missile Schematics CDPHS HAPPENINGS CLAYTON  1 CLAYTON  2 CLAYTON  3 CLAYTON  4 CLAYTON  5 CLAYTON  6 CLAYTON  7 CLAYTON  8 CLAYTON 9 CLAYTON'S  WB&L CLAYTON 10 Big-Foot TERRA COTTA STEVENS COUNTY CLAYTON B.S. A STAR IS BORN CLAYTON DAY CLAYTON FAIR CLAYTON FAIR 2 NORD #1 NORD # 2 RAINY NORD OLD CLAYTON GRANGE SWEET VIOLET ROSIE ETC LENO PRESTINI 1 LENO 2 LENO 3 THE WIND COWANS WIND COWAN OLDS THE SANTA ANNA WINDS FRED WIND BASEBALL WIND A BREEZE SUZZALLO LIB. Uof W CREATING THE SUZZALLO STATUES   TRYSIL ZION 1 TRYSIL ZION 2 TRYSIL ZION. 3. TRYSIL ZION 4 TRYSIL ZION 5 TRYSIL ZION OLSON'S TRYSIL EXPO 2008 # 1 TRYSIL EXPO 2008 # 2 DEER PARK #1 DP. OLSEN # 3 DP# 4 SHAY LOCOMOTIVE DEER PARK # 5 DEER PARK # 6 DEER PARK # 7 D.P. 2008 STATE CHAMPS  THEN & NOW A PEEK AT THE PAST LAWRENCE ZIMMERER LZ 1 LZ 2 LZ 3 LZ 4 LZ 5  SETTLERS & FAIR OLD LOON LAKE LOON LAKE TODAY ETTA MAY BENNET 1 ETTA MAY 2 ETTA MAY 3 ETTA MAY 4 FAMILY PICS SCHOOLS CHURCHS HISTORIC BUILDINGS PERSONALITIES BARNS ETC. RESTORATION CLASS PICS CLAYTON 1 CLASS PICS CLAYTON 2 CLASS PICS CLAYTON 3 CLASS PICS D.P. 1 CLASS PICS D.P. 2 CDPHS ANTIQUE ROADSHOW CONTACT WEBMASTER

 

Who We Are & Where We Are

  

             Deep in the inland Pacific Northwest, just inside the eastern edge of Washington State, and a few dozen miles north of the city of Spokane, lies a remarkably beautiful valley — a valley enclosed to the north, east, and west by the eroded remains of once majestic mountains.  In the northwest corner of this valley, two small towns, four miles apart, drift through time.  One town, Deer Park, is rapidly growing, the other, Clayton, is slowly declining, but both share a common, sometimes sleepy, sometimes exuberant history.

            The Clayton & Deer Park Historical Society is composed of individuals who live, or once lived in this community.  The Society was originally organized as part of an effort to save the old Clayton grade school — built in 1915 — from sale or demolition.  While the Society fought to place the old school on the Historic Register, a group of dedicated educators fought to bring the old school back to life.  Because of everyone's efforts, this historic old building was extensively refurbished and returned to its glory as an active educational institution.

            Having achieved its original intent, the Society has turned its attention to saving what it can of the area’s history, before it dissolves from memory.

            At this time the Society has no physical structure — no office, no buildings, and no museum.  But we do have a presence in the community.  And, through our publications, and now our website, we are carrying out the primary mission of any historical society — the preservation, interpretation, and dissemination of history.

 

How To Use This Website

 

           There’s nothing fancy about the layout of this website.  As you move the cursor down the menu bar on the left side of the page, titles for various other pages on this site will be underlined.  Click on the underlined area, and that page will open.

 

How To Contact The Society 

 

          If you wish to contact the society with comments, corrections, additions, insights, or whatever, you can email the society's Webmaster, President, or Editor of Print Publications by opening the menu's 'Email Links' page.

 

           The Society's mailing address is:  Clayton/Deer Park Historical Society, Box 293, Clayton, Washington 99110.

 

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This is the 8th grade graduating class of Clayton Wa. the spring of 1944. Front row L-R. Mira Costa - Luella Milner - Catherine Baker. Middle Row Minnie Westby - Evelyn Casberg - Phillis Sloan - Nancy Viles Top Row. Wayne Peterson - George Hefley - Mrs Sweeney. 8th grade teacher and Principle - Tommy Lewis - Don Steele - Bob Clouse.