The Monroe Historical Society invites the community to its quarterly membership meeting and program Thursday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. at the Monroe Library, 1070 Village Way.
Bob Kosters, archivist for the Carnation-Nestle Company, will present the history of the Carnation milk brand in the area and the history of the Carnation Condensery that was at the site of the newly-painted smokestack in Monroe.
The smokestack is all that is left of the sprawling plant and horse stables that put Monroe on the map and employed many in the community from 1908 to 1929. After the plant was sold in the late 1920s, the Carnation Company consolidated Monroe operations with Mount Vernon. In 1944, the abandoned facility reopened to process flax for WWII. It was in operation only two weeks when it burned to the ground.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 360-217-7223 or visit monroehistoricalsociety.org.
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