Bucoda’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Bucoda. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first American settler at what is now Bucoda was Aaron Webster who arrived in 1854 or 1856. Webster purchased or obtained acres of land in the area, beginning a sawmill on the Skookumchuck River in 1857. In the 1860s, Webster and his wife, Sarah (Yantis), sold his land claim to Oliver and Celphraur Shead, homesteaders from Grand Mound; Oliver later purchased the Webster sawmill. Shead opened the Seatco post office in 1870; the office closed in 1873 but was re-established in 1883.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Bucoda’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bucoda’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFamily group, probably at Bucoda,…, c. 1930: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Bucoda
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Bucoda, decade by decade
1990s
CommonsLiberty Market 00432025
CommonsJoes Place 00292025
CommonsCanadian Pacific & Union Pac 00282025
CommonsBucoda, Washington 022025
CommonsBucoda, Washington 012025
CommonsBoo-Coda 00412025
CommonsAcross the tracks at 6th 00422025
CommonsBucoda, Washington, United States Post Office, September 20…2020
CommonsBucoda Liberty Market, September 20202020
CommonsSkookumchuckRiver2009
CommonsWAMap-doton-Bucoda20041 historic place in Bucoda
1 place in Bucoda is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Family group, probably at Bucoda, ca. 1930 (c. 1930) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.