Alpine, WA 1914-1929
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Alpine was a former lumber town located in King County Wa. Originally named Nippon Washington until it was remaned to Alpine in 1914. In 1929 Alpine was abandoned and eventually burned by the railroad. It has been said that Japanese railroad workers may have lived at Nippon during the construction of the railroad in the 1890's.
The post office was named Alpine from the beginning in 1910, the depot was renamed Alpine in 1914, and the Nippon lumber company was finally renamed Alpine in 1920.
The first mill went into operation in April 1910, and subsequently burned in in June of 1913. The mills at Alpine were plagued by fire as the second mill burned down in 1917. Accoriding to information found by Tim Raetzloff in a December 1918 annual report of the Nippon/Alpine Lumber Company, During WWI "Victory Hall" had been constructed near the railroad tracks at Alpine. When a troop train was delayed on the siding at Alpine, the soldiers could get off the train and visit the "Victory Hall". There was a Red Cross office, a dance hall, a billiard room, and a bar. Alpine greatly exceeded its quotas for War Bonds and Red Cross giving.
Source:
Raetzloff, Tim "My Search for Alpine"
http://www.abarim.com/Alpine.htm
The post office was named Alpine from the beginning in 1910, the depot was renamed Alpine in 1914, and the Nippon lumber company was finally renamed Alpine in 1920.
The first mill went into operation in April 1910, and subsequently burned in in June of 1913. The mills at Alpine were plagued by fire as the second mill burned down in 1917. Accoriding to information found by Tim Raetzloff in a December 1918 annual report of the Nippon/Alpine Lumber Company, During WWI "Victory Hall" had been constructed near the railroad tracks at Alpine. When a troop train was delayed on the siding at Alpine, the soldiers could get off the train and visit the "Victory Hall". There was a Red Cross office, a dance hall, a billiard room, and a bar. Alpine greatly exceeded its quotas for War Bonds and Red Cross giving.
Source:
Raetzloff, Tim "My Search for Alpine"
http://www.abarim.com/Alpine.htm
Alpine saw mill foundation remnants.
Two Concrete ribbons of road remnants. Due to the cost of concrete it was poured just for the wheels of vehicles.
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One of the foundations of the rotary saw.
ghost town (noun): a once-flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the failure of some economic activity.
Firebrick which appears to be from the Stockton Fire and Enamel Brick Company of California (1903-1943). Firebrick is white, grey, or yellow with orange flashing on the sides. The surfaces are smooth and usually crackled. Visible clasts are subangular white quartz and irregular to round brown iron spots, often with blister hole common on the sides. These bricks were stamped on the face with the brand names of "STOCKTON"
Remnants of the Apline Mill boiler room.
Mill at Alpine as shown on a 1922 map of Alpine.
Second foundation of the rotary saw.
Nippon Mill 1912
Alpine - from Skykomish Historical Society
Additional mill boilier room remnants.
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