Businesses thrived. Home to a rich deposit of anthracite coal, the town was incorporated after mining began in the 1850s. This effect creates an aged Read the News Although slightly less so than Lewis County as a whole, Centralia is conservative and leans Republican. Although, Girard did little with the land he purchased. Centralia: Before & After Centralia, Pennsylvania: A Ghost Town & (Un)forgotten Place. Centralia's leading newspaper is The Chronicle, ranked seventeenth in the state based on weekday circulation,[18] and serves most of Lewis County. The depot is currently served by Amtrak as the midpoint between stations in Kelso and Olympia. Modern Route 61 largely follows the path of the historic Reading Road. The block to the left of Wood of Centralia, 2002 photos For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.6 males. Before the 1962 fire, Centralia had been a mining center for over a century. Letter here, 130th Anniversary of the 1877 The towns heyday came in the early 1900s when it reached a population b… ... of Centralia, 2002 photos I believe she said he had an great uncle who also owned a bar there. disaster, Books About the Centralia Mine Fire Borst Home Built in 1864 at the site of the toll ferry crossing at the confluence of the Chehalis and Skookumchuck rivers, the Borst Home fulfilled a promise by Joseph Borst to his young wife Mary to build her the finest home along the Washington extension of the Oregon Trail. commentary by Below, the grounds of the I 40 plus year fire. The hotel hosts 27 European-style guestrooms. Centralia Square Built in 1920 by Joseph Wohleb, Washington's first professional architect, this long-time Elks Lodge was restored in 2015 to its original glory, including a 9-room boutique hotel with ballroom, two restaurants and the town's original antique mall. The great scale of the underground fire was realized around 1980 when it was discovered that the temperature of gasoline in underground fuel tanks at a gas station was over 170°F. The town’s population was 1,986 that year. So what is haunting Centralia? filter is basically sunglasses for your camera lens. Today, in September of 2014, the government has to sit in waiting the for death of those few residents remaining who have been granted the right to live in their residence until their death. Official Trailer: CENTRALIA, Pennsylvania’s Lost Town, Centralia Loses Another Resident, Home Abandoned, Powered by  - Designed with the Hueman theme, Centralia, PA in 1915. still live there?? Donald Davis, 2005 Photos Other IWW members were also jailed. wanted to present each image as a separate entity so Two years later the college's first major campus building, Kemp Hall, was constructed in the heart of Centralia. Examples include murals depicting the founder of Centralia (Centerville) named George Washington, Buffalo Bill and his Wild West Show and an abstract mural depicting the 1919 Armistice Day Centralia Massacre, also known as the Wobbly War. [14] Temperatures are usually quite mild, although Centralia is generally warmer in the summer and colder in the winter than locations further north along the Puget Sound. of Centralia, 2004 Photos Marching unarmed,[7] the Legionnaires broke from the parade and stormed the hall in an effort to bust union organizing efforts by what was seen to be a Bolshevik-inspired labor movement. Centralia (/sɛnˈtreɪliə/) is a city in Lewis County, Washington, United States. I am obsessed with its uniqueness and my real love for silent hill. The Real Disaster Is Above Ground: A Mine Fire and Social Conflict. At that time, the vibrant borough had five hotels, 27 saloons, seven churches, two theaters, one bank, and a post office, as well as 14 general and grocery stores. by Donald Hollinger, RESIDENTS TO SAVE THE BOROUGH OF //-->,