Alpine, King County, Washington
Alpine, Washington | |
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  Alpine  Alpine | |
| Coordinates: 47°42′35.94″N 121°14′18.59″W / 47.7099833°N 121.2384972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | King |
| Founded | late 19th century |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
Alpine was a town in the Cascade Mountains, near Skykomish, Washington. Founded in the late 19th century and originally named Nippon, it was first built to house Japanese railway workers.[1] Another nearby railway town, Corea, housed Korean workers. About 8 miles (13 km) west of Stevens Pass, Alpine had only rail access, and was a mile from the nearest road.[2][3][4]
The local lumber baron changed the town's name from Nippon to Alpine in 1903. In 1917 it was reported as a station on the Great Northern Railway.[5] Its population peaked at 200–300 people; after the nearby woods were logged out, it was evacuated and intentionally burned, around 1929.[2]
Author Mary Daheim, whose family, the Dawsons, lived in Alpine approximately 1916–1922 (before she was born) sets her "Emma Lord" mystery novels in a fictional, surviving town of Alpine.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Alan J Stein, Skykomish -- Thumbnail History, HistoryLink.org, August 12, 1999. Accessed 3 April 2006.
- ^ a b c Gavin Borchert, Local Authorpalooza!: Mary Daheim, Seattle Weekly, March 29, 2006. Accessed 3 April 2006.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ "Alpine, WA". August 6, 2014. Archived from the original on August 6, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ Landes, Henry (1917). A Geographic Dictionary of Washington (PDF). Washington Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 17. Olympia: Frank M. Lamborn Public Printer. p. 63.
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