1. Elberton Ghost Town, Garfield, Washington
Location: Washington’s Garfield
1886 is the year.
Price: not specified
Elberton was established in 1886 by Sylvester Wait and his son Elbert on a collection of rural hills situated between Idaho and Washington. With the addition of a black grin shop, general stores, a chapel, a grain warehouse, a flour mill, and a post office, the town started to thrive in the West. The population reached 400 by 1900.
Garfield, Washington’s Elberton Ghost Town, @atlasobscura/Pinterest
But then there were two catastrophes. The town was completely destroyed by fire in the beginning, and Elberton’s abandonment was finalised two years later by a flood. The United Brethren Church, an overgrown cemetery, and abandoned houses are among the landmarks that have persisted over the past 100 years.
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