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History · Startup

A history of Startup,
then and now

Postcards, papers and photographs of Startup from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.

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The story

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Startup was homesteaded by F.M. Sparling in the 1880s. He left the area in 1889 after getting married and sold his property to William Wait, who filed a plat for the town of Wallace on March 22, 1890. The town's name caused confusion with mail being mistakenly sent to Wallace, Idaho, and in 1901 the name was changed to Startup to honor George G. Startup, manager of the Wallace Lumber Company.

The settlement was mistakenly excluded from receiving mailed questionnaires for the 2000 census due to a post office error.

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Timeline

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1910s9 items · Main Street, Startup, Washington, ca.…Commons
1920s3 items · Group of men and children seated on l…Commons
1930–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMain Street, Startup, Washington,…, c. 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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By decade

Startup, decade by decade

1910s9 items
Main Street, Startup, Washington, ca. 1910CommonsMain Street, Startup, Washington, ca. 1910c. 1910Angora goats, Startup, 1911CommonsAngora goats, Startup, 19111911Angora goats, Startup, 1911CommonsAngora goats, Startup, 19111911Children entering school, Startup, ca. 1911CommonsChildren entering school, Startup, ca. 1911c. 1911Church at Startup, ca. 1911CommonsChurch at Startup, ca. 1911c. 1911Fir log at the Wallace Lumber Co. mill, Startup, ca. 1911CommonsFir log at the Wallace Lumber Co. mill, Startup, ca. 1911c. 1911Fir log at the Wallace Lumber Co. mill, Startup, ca. 1911CommonsFir log at the Wallace Lumber Co. mill, Startup, ca. 1911c. 1911School children in front of school, Startup, 1911CommonsSchool children in front of school, Startup, 19111911Startup panorama, 1911CommonsStartup panorama, 19111911
1920s3 items
Group of men and children seated on large log, Startup, ca. 1925CommonsGroup of men and children seated on large log, Startup, ca.…c. 1925Lee Toney ranch, Startup, ca. 1927CommonsLee Toney ranch, Startup, ca. 1927c. 1927Panorama of Startup with Mt. Baring in the background, 1928CommonsPanorama of Startup with Mt. Baring in the background, 19281928
1930s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Startup is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Startup has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Horseshoe Bend Placer Claim in Everett, 4.4 miles away.

Startup and the nearest listed places

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Horseshoe Bend Placer ClaimBush HouseRed Men HallHoratio and Laura Allen FarmJohn and Kate Dougherty FarmsteadBaring Bridge

Closest to Startup

Horseshoe Bend Placer ClaimEverett · Site4.4miBush HouseIndex · Built 18999.9miRed Men HallIndex · Building10.1miHoratio and Laura Allen FarmDuvall · Building12.5miJohn and Kate Dougherty FarmsteadDuvall · Building13.7mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Horseshoe Bend Placer Claim’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Startup?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Startup’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Main Street, Startup, Washington, ca. 1910 (c. 1910) and it appears here side by side.

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