The town of Balch General Store by the Chehalis River. Today, not a trace exists.
The old growth forested hillside of Wild Thyme Farm is in the background.

Chehalis River in summer near Elma (15 miles downriver from Oakville) circa 1910.
Choked with logs waiting for winter floods to flush them downriver to the mills.
Photo by Stanton Price.

Oakville Washington circa 1910 in the timber boom era, was bigger than it is today.
The old growth forested hillside of Wild Thyme Farm is in the background.
Photo by Stanton Price.