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- Everett and Monte Cristo Railway - Wikipedia
The Everett and Monte Cristo Railway was built to transport gold and silver ores from mines in the central Cascade Mountains to a smelter in Everett, Washington After the first mining claims were staked in 1889, entrepreneurs began exploring the possibility of building a railroad to exploit the find The Monte Cristo line had become a
- The Everett and Monte Cristo Railway - Abandoned Rails
Everett to Monte Cristo, WA Home | WA | E MC, NP The Everett and Monte Cristo Railway was charted in the 1890s to tap what was thought to be rich mineral deposits at Monte Cristo It wasn't too long until the expense of constant storm damage repair in the Robe Canyon far outweighed revenue, but the railway did manage to struggle
- Monte Cristo Ghost Town - Washington Trails Association
The Monte Cristo sign is now faded, but used to sport a cheerful logo and title the dreams of riches came to a crashing halt as funding woes, flooding along the rail line and miscalculations about the mining potential caused the production to stall and then cease by 1907 There were a few attempts to make this a resort destination, but
- Everett and Monte Cristo Railway - skagitriverjournal. com
The Everett and Monte Cristo Railway [ISBN 0-9647521-8-2, Oso Publications, 2000] is a terrific book from stem to stern The line was constructed from Granite Falls — northeast of Everett in Snohomish County — to the famous Monte Cristo mines, and first ran a train in April 1892
- Introduction and photos of Monte Cristo mines and railroad
This stunning photo is from page 24 of Everett and Monte Cristo Railway, captioned "The Everett and Monte Cristo's Locomotive 3, probably in 1893 Notice the link-and-pin coupler on the pilot beam, which had not yet been changed to a Gould couplers that was a matter of pride for the railway, which claimed to be the first mainline railway to be completely equipped with the new devices
- History | Monte Cristo Preservation Association
In 1902 the Rockefeller ownership of the rail route passed to the Northern Pacific Railroad, which ran it as a branch line until leasing it to the Rucker Brothers of Everett and Monte Cristo in 1915 Renamed the Hartford Eastern Railway, it carried recreational traffic to their Big Four Inn and the lodge at Monte Cristo until further flooding
- Heart’s Gold, a Story of Monte Cristo Ghost Town
Monte Cristo in the 1890s, showing the end of the line for the Everett Monte Cristo Railroad In 1987, the Everett Monte Cristo Railroad deposits Melinda Mcrea at the end of the line, a rough little mining town high in Washington’s North Cascade Mountains Monte Cristo’s jumble of unpainted board buildings crowd a tilted triangle of land
- Where the heck is Robe, WA? - gfhistory. org
Monte Cristo The Post Office ultimately moved to the store, and the town of Robe moved on local maps But the rail line slowly disappeared, and by the mid-30s, the rails were being picked up and sold for scrap iron That meant that trucks and automobiles replaced rail travel, and the road from Granite Falls to Robe Valley was vastly
- Monte Cristo - Explore AANHPI Heritages
With the discovery of gold and silver bearing ores in 1889, Monte Cristo became the center of a mining boom through the 1890s Thousands of miners, businessmen, laborers and settlers poured into the rugged Cascade Mountains A railway line was built to move the massive ore and concentrates to the nearby developing city of Everett
- Everett Monte Cristo RR - Classic Trains General Discussion - Trains . . .
I wanted to see if anyone knows where the Everett Monte Cristo RR came into Everett, WA at Did it actually come into Everett, or did it connect to the NP at Lake Stevens or Snohomish Thanks GN-Rick October 18, 2008, 12:54am 2 The E MC joined the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern (later NP) at Hartford Junction, now located on the east side
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