Western Heritage Center — Local services in Monroe

Enlightening, nostalgic, and transporting! Industrial, household, and farming artifacts from the 20th century displayed in a museum within the Evergreen State Fairgrounds. Hands-on experiences including corn grinding, model trains, and ropemaking. Local history about mining, dairy farming, the timber industry, and trains. Household history includes iceboxes, coal ranges, handheld cooking tools, and sewing machines. Walk through a little mine tunnel, see chainsaws in the rafters, watch the water wheel outside, and appreciate what life in the West...

The kids loved this little museum located on the Evergreen County Fairgrounds. They got to climb on old tractors, push switches that made the milking machines go, and generally marvel at all the farm equipment of the last century. Seeing some of the old farming tools brought back sweet memories for the adults, too. What a wonderful idea to preserve some of our history - free entrance, but donation supported, so please...

This place has been an extraordinary surprise for us and our seven-year-old grandchildren. So far two of the grandchildren have come away with great excitement about their hands on experience here. One of the most valuable assets is the small staff who are so proud to describe how they used the old equipment when...