Elberton Sawmill

ID: 4469 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Washington Rural Heritage project.

This file appears in: Ghost Town of Elberton: Waypoints in the Palouse Tour

First constructed in 1996, the Elberton sawmill was one of the largest operations in town.

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…