Founded in the late 19th century and originally named Nippon, it was first built to house Japanese railway workers.

[2][3][4] The local lumber baron changed the town's name from Nippon to Alpine in 1903.

[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.

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