Swauk-Teanaway Grange Information

The 45 charter members were farmers and ranchers whose descendants still call the Swauk Prairie/Teanaway area home, such as the Hansons and Schobers; or whose names live on in road signs such as Bettas, Hartman, and Micheletto. These names also appear on the records for the Ballard School, District 9, a one-room school named for the family that donated the land to the school district in 1904. When rural districts were consolidated in 1937, the school became the meeting place of the Swauk-Teanaway Grange. In 1947 the land and building were deeded to the Swauk-Teanaway Grange and for more than 60 years the Grange Hall was center of activity for the rural community in upper Kittitas County. Thousands of people have come through its doors for dances and dinners, meetings, weddings and memorial services, birthday parties, reunions and anniversaries. The Grange Hall served the Swauk Teanaway community, but it was also a distinguished landmark for Kittitas County. The hall and the scenic valley it overlooked were one of the most photographed locations in the area. ST Grange Fire of 2004