Kerriston
On November 23, 1904, Kerriston Post Office opens. James W. Kerry is the first postmaster. The postmaster owns the Kerry Mill Company and the mail is distributed from the company store. On January 31, 1935, the post offic... ghosttowns.com
Lester
The town of Lester sprang up when the Northern Pacific Railroad laid track over Stampede Pass in the 1880's-1890's. Nearby were many logging camps, and a railroad station, water tank, and section house. Logs from the area... ghosttowns.com
Newcastle- Red Town
The original city of Newcastle was founded in the late 1800's as a coal mining town. It had been claimed that its population rivaled Seattle at one time, but that claim is most likely not true. Parts of the town had separ... ghosttowns.com
Weston
Weston was a booming railway town in the 1880s when Northern Pacific put the railway through Stampede Pass and built the Stampede Tunnel. It was to be short lived, however, as by the 1890s Weston was already being changed... ghosttowns.com
Moncton - Cedar Falls
In 1906, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway was built through the Cedar River watershed to provide access for the water department workers and their families who lived in nearby Cedar Falls. In a short time, a new ... ghosttowns.com
Berlin&miller River
At the turn of the century,was a booming town,minning and prospecting,my grandfather and grandmother lived there in the late 1800s and early 1900s there names were edgar a.And buttercup shadbolt.Had one son born there-joh... ghosttowns.com
Franklin, Wa
Franklin was a significant mining town in the 1800s, but no more. All that remains are foundations, a cemetery, some artifacts, and bits of coal everywhere. The primary mine opening is over 1000 feet deep, and it has a re... waymarking.com
Monte Cristo
In 1889, prospector Joe Pearsall set out from Mineral City north of Index and climbed to the top of 6000-foot Mt Hubbard. Looking north, he saw red streaks of the rock galena, which promised mineral wealth. He named the a... ghosttowns.com
Index
Copper was the ore of choice in Index. Located in what the pioneers called a Hole, the town is surrounded by towering peaks in a wild section of the Cascades near the rushing Skykomish River. Mt. Index with its pointing r... ghosttowns.com
Melmont
On December 17, 1921, Pierce County opens the bridge (Fairfax Bridge)over the Carbon River at Melmont and names it after County Commissioner James R. OFarrell. The bridge crosses the river about three miles south of Carbo... ghosttowns.com
Wellington Washington
Wellington was a stop on the Great Northern track from Wenatchee to Everett. It is at the West portal of the original Cascade tunnel. On March 1 1910 two trains that were delayed at Wellington were swept off the track int... waymarking.com
Sultan
Located in the heavily timbered Cascades, Sultan was a combination mining and lumbering town. Prospectors found a few nuggets of gold in the Sultan River in 1870 and that started the town. There was no boom until the Grea... ghosttowns.com
Home
On east side of the peninsula on west side of Henderson Bay, 13 miles southwest of SH 16 at Purdy, which is 19 miles northwest of Tacoma. It is located several miles north of Lake Bay, and a half-mile from the "modern" ... history.rootsweb
Burnett
An early 1900s era coal mining town three miles south of Buckley off SH 5. The town was abandoned after World War II ended. history.rootsweb