Tonight's presentation was great. The guy has written several other books about the history of this area but tonight's talk was concentrating more on the small communities and businesses.
I already knew that a railroad had run through my property but I found out who it was and what it was carrying (limestone for concrete as well as the timber that I already knew about). There was a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in between Maple Falls and Glacier (it is now a bible camp). He also showed some photos of a large limestone mine on the West side of Red Mountain - the vein of stone was several hundred feet thick and over 1,000 feet wide but it was at the top of a 3,500 tall mountain. They built a series of tramways to haul the ore down to a rail car.
He has a book on the subject coming out - something to carry at the store.
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