Driving home on highway 9 on our August 15th day out to the Mt. Baker Scenic highway I spotted several barns. The problem with barns along a highway is that when you are driving at over 50 miles an hour and you aren’t the only car on the road you can’t just stop on the highway to take a photo. As the passenger I had to snap away and hope the photos came out okay.
This particular barn had it’s own parking lot because it happened to be the North Trailhead of the Centennial Trail.
Tracy Tallman contributed this People’s History account of the family of Kamezo (1883-1975) and Miye Nakashima and their Snohomish County farm. Kamezo and Miye Nakashima were among the earliest Japanese families to farm within Snohomish County. They purchased their farm, located near Arlington, on July 31, 1937, from Sophie Frye Bass (1866-1947). They operated it as a dairy farm until 1942, when, during World War II, Executive Order 9066 forced the Nakashimas into internment camps along with nearly 120,000 first-generation Japanese immigrants and their American-born citizen children. On April 15, 1942, the Nakashimas were forced to sell the farm, and members of the large family were sent to different internment camps. Upon their release, Kamezo and Miye relocated to Seattle, where they managed the Marion Hotel.
The rest of the essay with some historical photos on the Nakashima Family and their farm can be found here.
I’ll be linking up to The Barn Collective hosted by Tom The Backroads Traveller.
We are having a mostly quiet weekend here. We’ve got a cut of pork on the Traeger that will cook low and slow for dinner. Dear finished upgrading our closets in our master bedroom suite with new doors and new shelves and hanger bars. I forgot to take a before photo, oops. I’ll share a couple after shots soon while things are still nice and tidy.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Beautiful barn, but a sad story! I love how determined the family was to not give up! looking forward to your finished closets! have a blessed evening.
Sue
The barn is a beauty & I am intrigued by the panels along the side of it. Do they depict the family? Such a tragic story…
Christine, the panels were depictions of farm animals and farm scenes. And yes, it was a sad story for sure.
That sure is a nice barn. I still like red ones best!
A beautiful barn and how lovely that you shared its history. Thanks Ellen 🙂
My husband and I are sitting here marveling at the picture. I told you…we LOVE old barns and lighthouses!!! Good job, Miss Passenger!!! 🚘🚘🚘
Oh how sad for that family. War is such a terrible thing. Glad you’re having a bit of down time after all your visitors. B x
Such a sad, sad story! How awful for that family! Not a great period of our history.
…yep, taking photos along the highway can be a dicey thing. I miss many a great barn because the there is no where to pull over. Oh how I love the backroads! Your first shot is clever, I would have never thought of taking that! Thanks for sharing, please stop again.
Oh, this is a beauty…now that I am the driver, I cannot even take drive-by photos. I do miss that. I can take sky shots with my point and shoot just holding it up and snapping, but that is about all I can do unless I have room to pull over.
Love those barns! Some great ones in Silvana and Stanwood too. How did the Traeger cut turn out? LOL. Left us hanging.