[4][5][6] At the time, Cora was far removed from other settlements, necessitating the need for supplies to be delivered by foot trails to the homestead.

[7] A large portion of the Davis landholdings were sold in 1906 for $32,000 to the Chicago and North Western railroad, with plans to convert the acreage into a townsite and rail headquarters.

[8] The sons of Levi Davis were involved in lawsuits over ownership rights of coal lands near Cora in 1906 and 1907; successful in those proceedings, the coal disagreement reached the Supreme Court of the United States[9] The community, situated near the Cowlitz River, experienced its first recorded flood in 1896.

[4][19][20] Operated exclusively during its run by members of the Davis family,[4] the closure of the post office was due to a lack of anyone else in the community wanting to undertake the postmaster position.

[23] The log building[24] was replaced in 1915 after a new one-room school site, at a cost of $500, was constructed between Cora and Lewis (present-day Packwood).