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Lester Stampede Pass railroad town
Ghost town Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Buttons and buckles
Old bottlesAlso reported: Barber and Mercury dimes, Indian Head and Lincoln cents, tie plates, lantern parts, cartridge cases, coal-dock debris.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1891-1980s railroad helper and logging town
Founded in 1891 as a logging camp, it became a Northern Pacific company town at the foot of the Stampede Pass grade with a depot, roundhouse and coal dock, peaking near 1,000 people in the 1920s. Tacoma bought land to protect its water supply, the last logging camp closed in 1978 and the rail line was mothballed in 1984.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote, gated watershed
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