While in Tenino

As we have so many customers that come from so far away. We decided to share some of our favorite places around Tenino, washington. Come visit us and make an exciting day of it! We will be adding more all the time.



There are lots of attractions in the area, so plan for the full experience the Tenino City Park and Downtown Shops can offer. Here are just a few of the possibilities! Drop off the kids and come into town for a great shopping experience. Check out the Train Depot Museum and the Ticknor School House Enjoy a picnic in the park under the covered shelter or throw down a blanket Enjoy the athletic fields or hike the nature trails above the Quarry and then cool off in the pool Ride right into the park and up to the doorstep of the Quarry Pool on the Yelm Tenino/Chehalis Western Trail Tenino Quarry Pool


The Tenino Depot Museum We have launched this brand new website to help us get closer to our community and to help them better understand the history of Tenino. This website will act as a platform for us to share all our details about the history and let you see pictures and Artifacts. We are the Home of the legal Tender Wooden Money. We hope you enjoy what you see and hope that you will come to our museum and see it in person... We are at.. 399 W. Park Ave Tenino, Wa 98589 The Tenino Depot Museum


Scatter Creek Tasting Room & Gift Shop:Physical Address 237 Sussex Avenue West Tenino, Wa. 98589Mailing Address P.O. Box 42 Tenino, Wa. 98589 Vintners dinners are among the new features. The Gift shop also carries beer & wine making supplies. Stop by and get yours today. We also offer a rental space for parties, small weddings, anniversaries, business meetings, and more! Scatter Creek Winery


Dan & Deana Ferris are the proprietors of Mill Lane & Winery. We've lived in Tenino for just about three years and relocated here from eastern Washington. Dan is retired Air Force and loves to chat about the good old days! Deana has background in sales, customer service and procurement during the course of her private sector and state employment. We are a family oriented business, with our children helping to harvest fruit for our wines and taking active part in growing the business. We are very involved with community activities and would welcome inquiries for available opportunities. Nestled at the edge of Tenino, Washington's city limits, you'll find a gem when you step into our little winery! We invite you to stop in, sip our fine wines and hopefully make some new friends!Welcome to Mill Lane Winery!


Wolf Haven is located in South Puget Sound, between Portland, OR and Seattle, WA. Wolf Haven operates under a reservation system. Please call 360.264.4695 x220 or click on the “Schedule Your Sanctuary Visit” button on our home page to check for available dates and times and schedule your 50- minute guided visit at Wolf Haven. Visitors can also follow a walking trail through beautiful native Mima Mound prairie and enjoy the native flowers, birds, butterflies that can be found there.Wolf Haven International


Ready, Set, Play at the Great Wolf Lodge! Have a blast with resort activities for your whole pack. Great Wolf Lodge is jam-packed with family-friendly fun; discover all of our resort activities and attractions waiting for you. Test your skills and challenge your friends in the sprawling Northern Lights™ Arcade or grab a wand and battle a dragon in MagiQuest®, our live-action adventure game where the resort transforms into an extended, enchanted journey.Great Wolf Lodge


Welcome to Colvin Ranch, All-Natural Grass Fed Beef & Pastured PorkThe Colvin Ranch is a family owned and operated grass fed cattle ranch located in south Thurston County, Washington, near the small town of Tenino. The ranch was homesteaded by Ignatius Colvin, who came to Washington on the Oregon Trail in 1851 from Boone County, Missouri, and is one of the oldest ranches in the county still owned by the original family. Five generations later, the Colvin Ranch family heritage continues through our humane livestock handling, stewardship of the land and sustainable grazing practices that allow native and endangered plants to flourish along side our high-quality, all-natural cattle finished on grass....Welcome to Colvin Ranch


Welcome to Rutledge Corn Maze! As a family we have taken great pride in our corn maze, pumpkin patch and Haunted attractions and appreciate that our community has supported us since the year 2000. We continue to invite your family to join ours in a challenging corn maze where the goal is to get to all 12 check point stations, which will ultimately help you find your way out. We have a very large pumpkin patch and a Corn Train ride that the whole family can enjoy together as they set out to find their perfect pumpkin. We also have our haunted corn maze in the fall for all you thrill seekers and our newest addition to the farm, The Zombie Paint Ball Apocalypse where you get to shoot at zombies that must be stopped before they take over the entire farm. And at the end of the night you can relax by the fire under our large gazebo. Our Family’s farm has become a family tradition for many and we ask that you join us again this year for another year of fun, thrills and great memories that will last a life time.Welcome to Rutledge Corn Maze!


Millersylvania State Park is an 842-acre camping park with 3,300-feet of freshwater shoreline on Deep Lake. The park, filled with trails, is abundant in old-growth Cedar and Fir trees. Millersylvania was constructed almost entirely by hand in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Deep Lake, located on the property, attracts boaters, swimmers and fishermen. The state capital is a few miles north of the park. Discover Pass: A Discover Pass is required for vehicle access to state parks for day use. For more information about the Discover Pass and exemptions, please visit the Discover Pass web page.Millersylvania State Park

From Wikipedia... History[edit] Tenino was officially incorporated on July 24, 1906, though it existed as a rural community since the mid-19th century. Initially, American settlers were attracted to the open prairies created and maintained by local natives through controlled burns to cultivate camas root, a staple food source. Records indicate the initial settlers' community centered on the prairie approximately 1/2 mile south of the present town. Early residents named their first post office and school "Coal Bank", in the 1860s, a reference to a nearby coal outcropping.[6] When the Northern Pacific Railway arrived in 1872 they adopted Tenino as the name of the new station. It also appears informally as "T-9-O," a shortened variation in use as early as 1873.[7] In the late 19th century a number of sandstone quarrying companies began shipping building stone, used in many regional buildings outside of Tenino, including the Old Capitol Building and the old Thurston County Courthouse in Olympia, the Mason County Courthouse in Shelton, Washington, the First Congregational Church, developed by Cameron Stone, in Tacoma, Washington, Denny Hall and the Theodore Jacobson Observatory at the University of Washington, Seattle, the Pittock Mansion and the Pioneer Courthouse in Portland, Oregon and several post office buildings, including at The Dalles, Oregon. The US Government also used stone from these quarries to construct jetties at Westport, Washington and elsewhere. The quarries declined in the early 20th century when many builders switched to concrete. In addition to quarrying, logging, saw mills, and coal mining were also well established industries in the area. However, as the timber played out and railroads switched to diesel in the mid-20th century, these industries also declined. Tenino wooden money, issued during the Great Depression. Tenino briefly achieved national fame during the Great Depression. After the local bank closed, the town government temporarily issued wooden money scrip for use locally when cash was scarce. However, most of the wooden money was never redeemed as it became a collector's item.[8] In the years before the construction of Interstate 5 Tenino gained a reputation as a notorious stretch along U.S. Route 99. Many motorists considered it a speed trap due to the strict enforcement by police of the abruptly reduced speed limit through town.[9] While Tenino retains its historic downtown, now a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the town serves largely as a "bedroom community", many of its citizens commuting by car to larger cities such as Olympia and Tacoma for work. Since the mid-1970s, the US Army has used a geographical map of Tenino as a training aid in map reading, due to the variety of symbols represented on the map. The current mayor of Tenino, Washington is Bret Broderson. Tenino's first mayor was John Henry Keithahn.