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Ruth, Washington (also known as Ruth Station, Washington) is an extinct town and was a loading station on the Milwaukee line[1] of the Northern Pacific Railway that ran parallel to the Ocean Beach Highway. It was 10 miles west ot Chehalis in west central Lewis County at an elevation of 264 feet on the Chehalis River.[2] Timber from nearby sawmills and logging communities would be shipped from Ruth to Pacific coast ports or to the Puget Sound region.[3][4]

Ruth, and surrounding communities, saw infrastructure improvements in the mid-1920s and in the 1930s. A steel bridge on the highway, with new pavement, was competed in 1926[5][6] and a new spur, using old railroad ties, were added in 1930.[7] Weyerhauser planned a new rail line connecting the timber areas near Ryderwood to Ruth in 1935.[8] The following year, the tracks at Ruth were sold to Chehalis Western Railroad.[9]

A swim party in the Chehalis River with fatalities was reported as happening near Ruth in 1930.[10]

The rail station no longer exists.[11]

Sources

  • "Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids". digicoll.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-14.

References

  1. ^ "H.A. Wilson Starts Logging At Wildwood". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. April 11, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  2. ^ Landes, Henry (1919). Bulletin 17. A Geographic Dictionary of Washington (PDF). Frank M. Lamborn ~ Public Printer, Olympia, Washington. p. 264.
  3. ^ "Wildwood Notes". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. Vol. 34, no. 50. May 18, 1917. p. 6. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  4. ^ "Plenty of Sawmills". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. Vol. 40, no. 50. May 18, 1923. p. 16. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  5. ^ "Onalaska Road Bid Is Called". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. April 2, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  6. ^ "Onalaska Job Is Let Friday". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. April 30, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  7. ^ "Milwaukee Ships Several Cars Of Ties This Week". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. December 19, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  8. ^ "Weyerhauser Is Planning Railroad, Says Rumor". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. October 11, 1935. p. 3. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  9. ^ "New Railroad Is Incorporated By Tacoma Interests". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. March 6, 1936. p. 1. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  10. ^ "Double Drowning Near Ruth Tuesday Evening". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. August 8, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  11. ^ Nicholls, Julia (January 14, 2006). "Exhibit tracks rail history". The Daily Chronicle. p. D5. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
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