[2][3] Located on a branch line of the Northern Pacific Railroad, a post office was named after the mill and established around that time,[a] remaining in operation until 1929.

[4][5][6][3] The community's location was situated in forested lands considered to contain the highest quality timber in the county.

[8][9] The town began to be demolished, with materials salvaged by a new owner of the company.

[11][12] Considered a ghost town afterwards despite continual habitation, most of the property was bought out beginning in 1954 by George Fraser, a retired tailor from Centralia.

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