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Picture below is of the school in approximately 1936 before second story removed.
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The 1915 Historical building probably Circa 1936 before they took the second story off. You can see a bit of the new brick high school between the school and the gym (the building on the left, now the senior center). The bell from the bell tower of the school now sits in to the left of the high school.
High School band. 1926
We haven't named any students or teacher yet.
Rainier High School 1936 to 1974
A picture of the Rainier High School as it burned in 1974.
The band students were at the Apple Blossom Festival in Weatchee and the rest out on the football field at a game.
The fire started in the attic with faulty electrical wire.
Multi Purpose school rooms. The three rooms where windows are were removed about 1907. they were occupied by grades 1 - 3 for a number of years and
Main street Rainier. Circa 1900?
In the upper center of the picture behind the buildings you can see the upper part pf the Civil Air Patrol tower which was next to the Fire Department on 2nd and Dakota St. “Code” was – "Nectar Bravo 15 Black".
It was used to identify planes in the Korean War. There was a chart on the wall used to track direction of planes, where they were going and type of plane
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