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Ape Canyon is a gorge along the edge of the Plains of Abraham, on the southeast shoulder of Mount St. Helens in the U.S. state of Washington. The gorge narrows to as close as eight feet (2.5 m) at one point. The name alludes to a legend about a 1924 encounter with "apemen" which was later incorporated into Bigfoot folklore. [1]
[1] [2] Professor and historian Stephen Arndt has counted a total of 256 ghost towns in the state, some well known, others "really obscure." [3] The high number of ghost towns and former communities in the state is largely due to its frontier history and the influx of pioneers who emerged in the area during the 19th century. [2]
Ghost towns in Central, Southeastern Washington. Liberty. One of the most well-known ghost towns in Washington state is Liberty in Kittitas County.It’s in the Swauk Mining District, which was ...
A small town part of Broughten Lumber Company. Lester: King: 1891 or 1892 About 1984 Demolished/barren Levey Franklin: Liberty [1] [5] Kittitas: 1873 After 1960 Historic Abandoned gold mining town associated with an 1873 gold rush. Liberty Bond: Klickitat: Between Appleton and Glenwood Around 1930s A former logging camp and town Lindberg: Lewis
The revival of a ghost town has unearthed the history of Black loggers who worked in Oregon when it was illegal for them to even live in the state. 100 years later, revival of ghost town tells ...
U.S. Forest Service Road 26 – Road 99 to Norway Pass to Road 25. U.S. Forest Service Road 81 – SR 503/Road 90 to Merrill Lake, Kalama Horse Camp, and Climber's Bivouac. U.S. Forest Service Road 83 – Road 90 to Ape Cave, Ape Canyon, Lava Canyon lahar, and Smith Creek. U.S. Forest Service Road 90 – Monument entrance from State Route 503.
Wizard schools, ghost tours, and oddball Frankenstein and Dracula "museums" have taken over Salem, once a truly intriguing town. It dates to 1626 and is notorious for holding witch trials that led ...
In 1917 it was reported as on the line of the Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company, which is currently part of the Riparian subdivision of the Great Northwest Railroad that connects the Tri-Cities to Lewiston, Idaho. [7] The construction of the Little Goose Dam from 1963 to 1970 subsequently flooded what was left of the original ...