Cosmopolis
This 16 mile side trip extends out to Cosmopolis, one of the first sawmill centers established in the area.
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Built in 1915, the Liberty is historically significant because of its association with the early Croatian community and the commercial development of the area. In South Aberdeen where taverns used to thrive, the Liberty is the only one to survive. It is one of only two ethnic community buildings in that neighborhood that retain any of their original features.
Learn more about Liberty TavernMile: 82
It was once an important sawmill town, but when the largest sawmill closed, the town became a quiet, residential community. It has been revived by the building of a modern sawmill and a wood pulp plant. The name was given in pioneer days by a Frenchman named Brunn. Local legend says the name came from an Indian headman who lived nearby. August V. Kautz visited the place in the 1850s...
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Cooney Mansion
Mile: 81
A small settlement represented on the highway by a store and service station. The story of its naming may serve as a lesson to scrawly writers and hasty readers. Its founder named the settlement for his wife, Arta, but, when application for a post office reached Washington, the carelessly written final “a” was read as “ic.” Hence Artic became the name of the town, and Arta, the wife, was not...
Learn more about ArticMile: 75
