MONTE CRISTO The establishment of this early mining town dates back to 1991 during the rush into the newly discovered mineral district. A pestotfice’wss secured that summer, and Owen McDevitt was appointed postmaster. The pioneer store or the district and town was also established---the Monte Cristo Mercantile Company, with A; J. Agnew manager. ‘Itxwee housed in a log cabinq The Monte _Cristo Mini Company also built the Monte Cristo Hotel and erected a sawmill. In 1'92 Jacob Cohen opened another hotelg called the Pride, in honor of one of the big producing claims near town” and a number of other business houses opened their doorsc Until the railroad arrived in the summer of 1893. supplies and provisions were taken in byipack trains, wagons and stages; and the town typified every condition characteristic of any real mining camp of pioneer days of the great West. By 189A the town was thriving° The postoffice became a money-order office; the town had a volunteer fire department: and the schools had thirty-four students attendinga A. G. Agnew was postmaster by then. A newspaper, the Monte Cristo "Mountaineer," was loyal, if anything, to the people and town it served: for in that year it advocated the proposition of organizing a new county out of the confines of Snohomish Countv and the selection of Monte Cristo as the countv seatu A Jail was being built in June of that year, but on the night of the 28th persona unknown tore it down and threw it in the river. Those involved posted a notice, headed by a skull and cross bones, bearing the words "We want no jail herea If you want tozride a rail, go aheadq h—ll-hho" These lust numerals ware those of an old vigilante committeeof the wild West, The town site of Monte Cristo was filed for record March 2, 1893, by Alfred B. 5911“ It was platted by the Monte Cristo Mining Company, of which Joseph Lw Colby was president and Charles F. Rand secretarya The town site was located on the old Junction placer claim. between Glacier and Seventy-six creeks, and consisted of 236 lots, 25 feet by 75 feet in since ‘ he days later, on March kg 1893, a Government town site plat was filed by Jg Wu Jones, with the declaration being made by Ju W. Jones, Ea Wo Burns and Jo .Iq O’Donnell. This is rather an interesting fact, For but one other Federal Government town site was filed in the entire history of the stathwathet of Port Angeles in 1862; and very few in the history of the nationa The town's history during the '90s and early years following 1900 revolved around the varying success of the mines in the districta There were real producers, including the Friday the Mystery and the Justice, which shipped ores valued at over two and a half million_dollarso -;3- , Author: , Accession/Object ID: 2005.325.1, Object Name: , Title: , Description: "Monte Cristo"-Breif history of the town., OCR Text: MONTE CRISTO The establishment of this early mining town dates back to 1991 during the rush into the newly discovered mineral district. A pestotfice’wss secured that summer, and Owen McDevitt was appointed postmaster. The pioneer store or the district and town was also established---the Monte Cristo Mercantile Company, with A; J. Agnew manager. ‘Itxwee housed in a log cabinq The Monte _Cristo Mini Company also built the Monte Cristo Hotel and erected a sawmill. In 1'92 Jacob Cohen opened another hotelg called the Pride, in honor of one of the big producing claims near town” and a number of other business houses opened their doorsc Until the railroad arrived in the summer of 1893. supplies and provisions were taken in byipack trains, wagons and stages; and the town typified every condition characteristic of any real mining camp of pioneer days of the great West. By 189A the town was thriving° The postoffice became a money-order office; the town had a volunteer fire department: and the schools had thirty-four students attendinga A. G. Agnew was postmaster by then. A newspaper, the Monte Cristo "Mountaineer," was loyal, if anything, to the people and town it served: for in that year it advocated the proposition of organizing a new county out of the confines of Snohomish Countv and the selection of Monte Cristo as the countv seatu A Jail was being built in June of that year, but on the night of the 28th persona unknown tore it down and threw it in the river. Those involved posted a notice, headed by a skull and cross bones, bearing the words "We want no jail herea If you want tozride a rail, go aheadq h—ll-hho" These lust numerals ware those of an old vigilante committeeof the wild West, The town site of Monte Cristo was filed for record March 2, 1893, by Alfred B. 5911“ It was platted by the Monte Cristo Mining Company, of which Joseph Lw Colby was president and Charles F. Rand secretarya The town site was located on the old Junction placer claim. between Glacier and Seventy-six creeks, and consisted of 236 lots, 25 feet by 75 feet in since ‘ he days later, on March kg 1893, a Government town site plat was filed by Jg Wu Jones, with the declaration being made by Ju W. Jones, Ea Wo Burns and Jo .Iq O’Donnell. This is rather an interesting fact, For but one other Federal Government town site was filed in the entire history of the stathwathet of Port Angeles in 1862; and very few in the history of the nationa The town's history during the '90s and early years following 1900 revolved around the varying success of the mines in the districta There were real producers, including the Friday the Mystery and the Justice, which shipped ores valued at over two and a half million_dollarso -;3- , Granite Falls Historical Society,Documents (articles, clippings, letters, papers),General Articles & Documents,General Articles,General Articles 01,2005.325.1 (No title provided),2005.325.1 (No title provided) 1, 2005.325.1 (No title provided) 1