Situated between Carbonado and Fairfax in Pierce County, is a pleasant hike along the Carbon River leading to the former home of the Melmont coal mine. The town of Melmont was founded in 1900 and produced coal for the Northern Pacific Railroad between 1902 and 1918. The local economy disintegrated around this time when the…
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Fort Casey
We took a trip over Deception Pass to Whidbey Island two weeks ago and spent the evening exploring Fort Casey. Constructed in the late 1800s, the fort was part of a three fort defense system for the entrance to the Puget Sound (along with Fort Worden and Fort Flagler) and was known as the “Triangle…
Oso Slide Memorial
While we were out for our day trip to Whitehorse Trail and Fortson Mill last October, we visited the Oso Slide Memorial, where the tragic 2014 mudslide occurred in Oso, Washington. There were beautiful tributes to the community of Steelhead Haven, who had so suddenly lost everything on the morning of March 22nd, 2014. It…
Fortson Mill
Check out some recent uploads from a trip out to Fortson Mill we took back in October. The mill was established in 1905 and the town that formed around it was named Fortson in 1923. The town flourished until the mill was sold in 1954 and operations relocated to Darrington. See more at Ghost Towns…
Franklin Ghost Town
We made it out again for another adventure over the weekend to visit the Franklin Ghost Town. Tucked away by the Green River near Black Diamond, this site was once home to a small mining town in the late 1800’s. For more information and directions to this historic site, be sure to check out the…