Wilkeson +

Notes

Former coal-mining town from 1870s

Not a ghost town

pizza place w/ old pictures at the back

Wilkeson Elementary School

From 2010-07-24 Carbon River Valley Expedition

Built in 1909, the oldest operating elementary school building in Washington.

http://www.whiteriver.wednet.edu/default.asp?page=SCHOOLS/WE/default.asp

Coke Ovens

Wilkeson is also home to a large number of coke ovens left over from its mining days.

From 2010-07-24 Carbon River Valley Expedition

They are preserved as part of a city park, but are in dire need of an effort towards their preservation.

http://forums.ghosttowns.com/showthread.php?18143-Carbon-River-Valley-Washington/page4

http://www.wa-trust.org/mostendangered/2010%20Photos/CokeOvenParkphoto_popup.htm

mine shaft behind coke ovens? Skookum Tunnel Lat 47 06' 05" N Lon: 122 02' 06" W

Across the street from the coke ovens, take time to wander through the beautifully maintained Kyle Bruhn Memorial Park, N 47° 06.141 W 122° 02.367. N 47.10235 W 122.03945

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church

Reminiscent of its Croatian heritage, Wilkeson’s Holy Trinity Orthodox Church

From 2010-07-24 Carbon River Valley Expedition

A much better picture http://www.flickr.com/photos/locked4low/4221642044/

History of the Church http://www.orthodoxtacoma.com/OurHistory.htm

http://search.tacomapubliclibrary.org/images/defaultn.asp

http://search.tacomapubliclibrary.org/images/dt6n.asp?drequest=series+contains+D17170

http://forums.ghosttowns.com/showthread.php?18143-Carbon-River-Valley-Washington

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091219/LIVING/712199974/-1/column10

http://unusuallife.com/2007/01/14/wilkeson-castle-house/

Catholic Cemetery Lat: 47° 03' 43"N, Lon: 122° 03' 08"W

Town Cemetery

Lat: 47° 06' 49"N, Lon: 122° 03' 21"W

From 2010-07-24 Carbon River Valley Expedition

http://www.ghosttownsofwashington.com/Skookum_Mine.html