Above: Close up of the Oakville Hardware Store sign on July 3, 2017. The store and other buildings burned to the ground in a fire on July 4.
By
Janine Gates
Little Hollywood
Little
Hollywood may have captured the last images of the historic
Oakville hardware store, established in 1890, and other buildings before they
burned to the ground on the evening of July 4.
Oakville is a city in eastern Grays Harbor County,
Washington. Incorporated in 1905, it has a population of about 700.
Oakville is perhaps best known for being the
location of Washington’s last bank heist on horseback.
The town’s bank was robbed several times in the
1920s and 1930s. The robbers were almost always apprehended, except for the
last time. The robbers took to the hills on horseback and were never captured.
Above: The Oakville Hardware Store on July 3, 2017
These photos, taken on the afternoon of July 3, show
a nearby building that was most recently a thrift store, the hardware store, and
other buildings, including the Oakville bank. The vacant house on the other
side of hardware store was also destroyed, according to news sources.
Above: Oakville’s Main Street on July 3, 2017
