Thurston County WA Archives Photo Person.....FRIEND, Anna "Annie" Mae FUSCO 1930 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wa/wafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Stephanie Mannion Wrightson swrightson51@gmail.com October 14, 2008, 9:38 pm Source: In Possession Of Submitter Name: Anna "Annie" Mae FUSCO FRIEND Date Of Photograph: 1930 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/wa/thurston/photos/friend16573gph.jpg Image file size: 74.3 Kb Anna "Annie" Mae FUSCO FRIEND with daughter in Tono, Thurston, WA, 1930. They are sitting in front of the ANDROSKO house (Mary A. FUSCO and Stephen J. Androsko, Sr.). Additional Comments: Tono was a mining town established Wooden sidewalks connected the houses and storefronts (and the outhouses) to avoid the mud when it rained. Wikipedia: Tono, Washington was a small mining town owned by the Washington Union Coal Company to mine coal for Union Pacific Steam locomotives. Situated about 20 miles south of Olympia, Washington, 5 miles south of Tenino, 2 miles east of Bucoda, the town was built around 1899 and lasted until 1932 when the Bucoda Mining Company bought the property, closed the company owned general store, forcing the post office to close and dooming the town. According to legend, the Bucoda Mining Company discovered that the town sat on more coal than most of the surrounding area which motivated them to "close" the town and mine the area. All that remains of the town is a single house and a crossroads sign. It is said that the town was named by a Japanese railroad worker, possibly named after Iwate Tono, a city in Japan. Per Guy Ramsey, "Postmarked Washington: Thurston County.": Many Japanese worked on construction of the railroad spur leading to Tono, and it was related that one of them suggested the name "Tono". But the meaning is unknown. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wa/thurston/photos/friend16573gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb