https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/lester-washington-school-district-enumclaw Enumclaw.com en 2026-10-01T09:17:59.496Z Lester's school district was dissolved into Enumclaw's under a 1985 state law. Nobody lives in the town now, and it is still on the district's map. https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/peter-storbo-mount-rainier-copper-mine Enumclaw.com en 2026-10-01T09:17:53.332Z Peter Storbo of Enumclaw went to prison for mail fraud over his Mount Rainier copper mine. Later accounts say 1,200 neighbors signed to get him out. https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/fryingpan-creek-bridge-summerland-trailhead-closure Enumclaw.com en 2026-10-01T09:17:46.878Z The Summerland trailhead is closed through 2029 while the park replaces a 1931 bridge built with both feet in Fryingpan Creek https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/gracie-hansen-community-center-ravensdale-train-show Enumclaw.com en 2026-10-01T09:17:40.354Z Ravensdale's model train show runs in the burlesque theater from the 1962 World's Fair. Its grand opening came 26 years after Gracie Hansen dedicated it. https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/segale-gravel-mine-cumberland-explainer Enumclaw.com en 2026-10-01T09:17:31.696Z King County's first substantive ruling on the Cumberland gravel mine took 33 months. It ordered a study, and the yes or no comes after. https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/wilkeson-coke-ovens-tacoma-smelter Enumclaw.com en 2026-09-30T09:56:43.463Z Wilkeson's brick ovens fed a Tacoma smelter. The smelter's stack came down in 1993. The ovens are still here. https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/crystal-mountain-ski-area-history Enumclaw.com en 2026-09-30T09:56:35.875Z The skiers who built Crystal Mountain named its silver peaks https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/buckley-bank-robbery-1925 Enumclaw.com en 2026-09-30T08:27:52.309Z Two gunmen robbed the State Bank of Buckley in 1925 and died in the street. An earlier Buckley bank had reportedly been emptied by its own officers. https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/black-diamond-washington-nortonville-california-origin Enumclaw.com en 2026-09-30T08:27:46.078Z Black Diamond is named for a coal seam in California. The town that mined it is a ghost town now. https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/carbon-river-road-mount-rainier Enumclaw.com en 2026-09-30T08:27:39.338Z The Carbon River Road didn't sink. Its river rose as much as 31 feet and climbed over it.