The Old Elberton Flour Mill, 1895.
This file appears in: Ghost Town of Elberton: Waypoints in the Palouse Tour
The Flour Mill was one the main employers of the town, but closed down during the turn-of-the-century. The Mill's closure was devastating to the local economy.
Image Courtesy of Whitman County Rural Heritage.
http://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/whitman/id/1453/rec/4
This file appears in: Ghost Town of Elberton: Waypoints in the Palouse Tour
Ghost Town of Elberton: Waypoints in the Palouse Tour
The towns of the Palouse followed similar patterns of early growth as white settlers flooded into the area, followed by a long and gradual decline with the greater mechanization of farming. Some…