Elberton,1913

ID: 3100
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A panorama of Elberton in 1913 during the town's most prosperous era. Not long after this picture was taken,Elberton began its decline. This photo was taken from the hill on the north side of the river.

Image courtesy of Whitman County Rural Heritage.
http://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/whitman/id/3119/rec/2

This file appears in: Ghost Town of Elberton

By Robert M. Lambeth
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 simply vanished. Today,the ghost town of Elberton…