Ghost Towns of Washington.

[MikeWalking]

I've been looking at their page lately.  A lot of neat stuff.  The 1892 photo of Index caught my attention.


http://www.ghosttownsofwashington.com

[Wanttohuntmore]

Nice link, these old towns are quite interesting.

[Arrow Head]

Very cool link! Thanks for posting.

[Arnbo]

Great post! I am looking forward to exploring some local mining claims from
 The past I picked up a detector and have a little sluice box andeall the needed
 Tools.Problem is the surgery I had in January still has me in a full leg cast still
 Enough Titanium in my ankle now I hope it does not set off my detector....lol

[pencilsketcher]

  cool link

[Smokepole]

very cool site.  I would like to visit a few of them.   

[JohnVH]

that is cool

[scottcrb]

very cool hope to check some out this summer

[Becky]

  love going hiking, that'd be an awesome incentive to go scout for some of those areas. Cool link

[Heredoggydoggy]

A couple of years ago I was asked to be a pall-bearer for an old friend that lived in Molson when he was younger.  He is buried in the Molson Cemetery beside his wife and son that preceded him in death.  Beautiful area.  Still people living there, but mostly just cattle ranching now.

[uplandhunter870]

ive been to quite a few on that guys list in douglas county. the one that really struck me was the farmer cemetary. not sure why i was walking through it but i was and noticed that just about half of the graves there were young children and infants

[C-Money]

That gold mine near Republic cranked out a few ounces of gold! Very cool site!

[Heredoggydoggy]

ive been to quite a few on that guys list in douglas county. the one that really struck me was the farmer cemetary. not sure why i was walking through it but i was and noticed that just about half of the graves there were young children and infants

When I first came to Washington in 1968, there was a store and gas station at the intersection of Hwy 2 and 172.  I got gas there.  No trace of it exists today.  Only the old Grange Hall still stands there.  In 1970, my uncle and cousins were trail-biking (motorcycles) in the hills of Mass. and stopped for lunch at the site of an old farmhouse.  We discovered that the clearing we were resting in was the family cemetery, and all the headstones had fallen over.  We brushed the leaves off them and found that more than half of the stones were infants and children who died in the 1700's.  One memorable inscription read: "___ ____ - Age 7  - Fell out of a tree".  Child mortality was greater back then.

[Skyvalhunter]

Been to several of the mines on here. Pretty cool link

[whitey]

Some neat info.
I have been to several of the mines around Index, I dont go into them only because Im chicken chit.
Well at least Im honest.