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HISTORIC PHOTOS OF THE MINERAL AREA

LOCAL HISTORY BOOKS IN PRINT BY LOCAL AUTHORS

LEWIS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL DATABASES, CENSUS, ETC.

HERE'S SOME FUN READING ABOUT THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS IN OUR VICINITY IN 1916-18

BURIAL TRANSCRIPTION OF MINERAL CEMETERY

MINERAL CEMETERY BURIALS ON FIND-A-GRAVE.COM

MINERAL ON EATONVILLE TO RAINIER.COM

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MINERAL, a town, creek and lake in the northeastern part of Lewis County. The town is on the south shore from the lake from which it derived its name. (Postmaster at Mineral, in "Names MSS." Letter 397.) The Surveyor General of Washington Territory in 1857 charted the lake as "Goldsboro Lake." ("United States Public Documents," Serial No. 877.)

 

Have you ever heard of "Flying Saucers"?  Did you ever wonder where the term originated?   Mineral is know in some circles for an early UFO sighting.

On Tuesday, June 24, 1947, Near Mineral, Washington, 3:00 p.m., 23 miles WSW of Mt. Rainier  --The famous Kenneth Arnold sighting, the first widely reported UFO sighting in the U.S. press.  While flying his private plane, Arnold said he saw 9 flashing, blindingly bright, disk- or saucer-like objects flying in a chain formation at high speed past Mt. Rainier, weaving and maneuvering in unison.  Arnold also said they weren't perfectly disc-shaped, but were chopped in the back and came to a point.  Arnold further determined the distance of flight south of Mt. Rainier and timed it, arriving at the then astonishing speed of at least 1200 mph.  Arnold's sighting resulted in the coining of the popular terms "flying saucer" and "flying disk."

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Also see this website for UFO's in Mineral!

Sasquatch Sighting on Mineral Lake ...revisited.  On YouTube

 

 
 

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