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keep this guide handy to help identify the signs, signs, the identify help to handy guide this keep Everett, WA. 98206 WA. Everett,
yards. As you walk the once-bustling streets and trails, trails, and streets once-bustling the walk you As yards. P.O. Box 471 Box P.O.
along Dumas Street or the lower area below the railway railway the below area lower the or Street Dumas along
Monte Cristo Preservation Association Preservation Cristo Monte
a school, a newspaper, and residences, mostly situated situated mostly residences, and newspaper, a school, a
Provided by the the by Provided
required by an isolated industrial town: stores, five hotels, five stores, town: industrial isolated an by required
the railway. At the townsite were all the support services services support the all were townsite the At railway. the
concentrator (pictured right) for processing and then to then and processing for right) (pictured concentrator
carried the minerals down the steep mountainsides to the the to mountainsides steep the down minerals the carried
Wilmans and Foggy peaks, from which aerial tramways tramways aerial which from peaks, Foggy and Wilmans
Most of the miners lived high above the town on on town the above high lived miners the of Most
built to connect the mines with their smelter at Everett. at smelter their with mines the connect to built
South Fork Sauk River, and a standard guage railway was railway guage standard a and River, Sauk Fork South
peninsula between Glacier and 76 creeks at the head of the of head the at creeks 76 and Glacier between peninsula
millions of dollars in ore, a town sprang up on the on up sprang town a ore, in dollars of millions
A Gold Mining Town of the 1890s the of Town Mining Gold A
then and 1907 the mines above the town produced produced town the above mines the 1907 and then
bearing ore at a site soon named Monte Cristo. Between Cristo. Monte named soon site a at ore bearing
MONTE CRISTO MONTE
Peabody discovered a rich vein of gold and silver silver and gold of vein rich a discovered Peabody
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Washington became a state, Joe Pearsall and Frank Frank and Pearsall Joe state, a became Washington
In the summer of 1889, the same year that that year same the 1889, of summer the In
from 1900 until the financial Panic of 1907. of Panic financial the until 1900 from THE GREATEST GOLD RUSH OF THE CASCADES THE OF RUSH GOLD GREATEST THE
great flood of 1897. Mining had its second period second its had Mining 1897. of flood great
collapsed because of the 1890s depression and the the and depression 1890s the of because collapsed
gold and silver. The highly complex syndicate complex highly The silver. and gold
New Yorkers built a smelter to extract "Monte's" "Monte's" extract to smelter a built Yorkers New
and the new industrial city of Everett, where the the where Everett, of city industrial new the and
substance to development of the mines, the railway, railway, the mines, the of development to substance
industry. Rockefeller's name and money gave gave money and name Rockefeller's industry.
United States from his monopoly of the nation's oil oil nation's the of monopoly his from States United
John D. Rockefeller. He was the richest man in the in man richest the was He Rockefeller. D. John
firm of Hoyt, Colby & Co., which was backed by backed was which Co., & Colby Hoyt, of firm
financiers and then to the New York City investment City York New the to then and financiers
quickly from the original discoverers first to Seattle to first discoverers original the from quickly
prospector's game. Control over the mines passed mines the over Control game. prospector's
required to remove the heavy ore. It was not a poor poor a not was It ore. heavy the remove to required
"hard rock," with expensive drilling and blasting blasting and drilling expensive with rock," "hard
Mining at Monte Cristo was lode, or or lode, was Cristo Monte at Mining
A 4-6-0 Steam Locomotive and Train Heading Toward Everett Toward Heading Train and Locomotive Steam 4-6-0 A JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER D. JOHN
A HISTORIC PLACE IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY SNOHOMISH IN PLACE HISTORIC A
Monte Cristo Road Map MONTE CRISTO PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION (4 miles not to scale) In the 1890s Monte Cristo lay far from any road or navigable river. Surrounded by 7000' mountains, only the railway made it possible to transport the ore. When mining died and was Monte Cristo replaced by tourism, the Mountain Loop Highway Important Phone Numbers: campground Verlot Public Service Center 360 691-7791 and then a four mile county road from Barlow Darrington Ranger District 360 436-1155 4 Search and Rescue 9-1-1 Exposed R/R Pass replaced it. This road was severely damaged tracks See Townsite Forest Fire Reporting 1 800-562-6010 3 Sylvan Creekmap inside by flooding in 1980 and now is gated at the pass. Fire/Medical 9-1-1 exposed R/R 2 tracks South Fork Sauk River Weden House Haps Hill In 1983 the Monte Cristo Preservation Association interpretive campground sign was formed after the burning of the old lodge, Twin Bridges 1 Twin Bridges camping South Fork Sauk River with members dedicated to keeping the area open to area (no toilet facilities) the public and its legacy preserved. The MCPA Gate Looking Down Dumas Street in 1897 Clay
Barlow Pass (Mt. Loop Hwy.) slide area Map legend on inside has work parties for the road and trails, supports a USFS Trail #724 Weden Creek/Gothic Basin CDM 2009 townsite host program to aid visitors, interprets the JACKSON WILDERNESS AREA site, and publishes a regular newsletter. In 1984 Congress recognized this Our mailing address is : unique environment of rugged peaks, alpine meadows, and deep mountain valleys and so P.O. Box 471, created a spectacular Wilderness Area Everett, WA 98206. bordering Monte Cristo. The trail to Glacier Falls and Glacier Basin starts here, surrounded by steep rock and ice fields and enjoyed by both Your help and membership are encouraged to casual hiker and experienced climber alike. To the west a second trail rises to Poodle Dog Pass assist us in keeping the county road passable for and Silver Lake, nestled at the base of Silvertip hikers, mountain bikes, and horse back riding. Peak. A walk along the ridge leads to a steep drop to the Twin Lakes. This was the first route Crossing the clay slide and river may be dangerous, into Monte Cristo in 1889, taken by Pearsall so check for current conditions on our website. Only and Peabody when they ascended Silver Creek from the Skykomish River above Index. foot traffic is allowed in the townsite. Members of MCPA receive a discount for keys to the gate and a Monte Cristo Preservation Association mailed monthly newsletter (except for winter months) P.O. Box 471 Everett, WA 98206 Others may rent temporary keys through the Snohomish County Department of Public Works. www.mcpa.us www.mcpa.us