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Liberty's Last Post Office: A Story Of A Gold Mining Camp In Washington State, Wesley C. Engstrom
Liberty's Last Post Office: A Story Of A Gold Mining Camp In Washington State, Wesley C. Engstrom
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There was once a large center of activity in the Swauk Basin of upper Kittitas County. The place is called Liberty. Liberty was once the most action packed place in Kittitas County. At least it was for a while after gold was discovered in Swauk Creek. Like many gold camps the place boomed and ebbed over the years. Unlike some other places it never quite went completely bust. It came close, and fortunately for some it didn’t. It still exists today as a living ghost town.
The Liberty story has been told before in various ways. This telling of the …