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Bookmark or Share- Lester, Washington: A Ghost Town Once Blocked By TacomaLester Washington is a small ghost town located near Stampede Pass. It was founded in the early 1891 and was named after a local resident who owned a sawmill in the area. The town grew to over 1,000 residents due to railroading and logging. The mothballing of the railroad and the pulp mill camps dwindled the town to 22 residents by 1978.
- Visiting Lester brings a blast from the past | Outdoors ...Colton Kumm, Jim Kumm and Chace Ashby-Kumm take a step into the past as they hike along the ghost town Lester. Sherrie Kumm / For the Daily Record. The Kumm family walks in the shadows of the...
- Lester Ghost Town – North Bend, Washington - Atlas ObscuraDiscover Lester Ghost Town in North Bend, Washington: A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.
- Step Inside Lester, Washington, The Creepiest Abandoned TownBy Jessica Wick | Updated on September 22, 2023 (Originally published January 27, 2023) Finding a ghost town in Washington will make you feel like you’re starring in your own movie. As if you’ve suddenly stumbled into something lightly creepy, the kind of place that once mattered to an entire town, and now simply belongs to the earth once again.
- Residents hold mock funeral for the town of Lester on May 22, 1985.In 1985, the last significant legal battles were lost by town residents and they held a public mock funeral for the town. The last resident left in 2002, and the town site is now a publicly inaccessible part of the Green River watershed. Weston Becomes Lester.
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