Old Molson Ghost town, Washington State, USA.

OK, the last of my archive reports. Will have to get out to some new sites soon. This one continues the theme of abandoned American Ghost Towns. Molson is a ghost town in the state of Washington, USA, very close to the border with Canada. It's not as intense or concentrated as Bodie in California as featured in my earlier report. The buildings are far more scattered but in some ways that leads to it's charm.

The once booming town of was started in 1900 by George B. Meacham, promoter, and John W. Molson, investor. Molson operated the largest brewing company in Canada and owned the Molson Bank, with branches in every province in Canada. Many mining claims were staked and before long, the town’s population reached three hundred. Buildings could not be built fast enough, and many people had to live temporarily in tents. Soon the town had a newspaper, three general stores, an attorney, a doctor, a drug store, three saloons, a dance hall, a livery barn, a blacksmith shop and a three-story hotel. Molson’s boom was short-lived. By June 1901, there were only twelve people living in the town. The mining never amounted to much and the Buckeye Mine, four miles east of Molson, had only short runs for two or three summers, and then closed down for good. The Poland China Mine fared slightly better and operated on and off until the last mining there was done in 1938.

Early in 1905 news broke that the railroad was definitely coming through Molson, and things started booming again. As a result in 1909 New Molson, half mile north of Old Molson. began to take shape as everything moved to the New Molson site. New Molson mushroomed, but the glory was short-lived, as the depression took its toll. The railroad was taken out in the mid-1930s, and New Molson became a quiet agricultural community. Old Molson faded away, but memories of its old glory days still linger on in those old weathered, worn buildings, where the ghosts refuse to surrender.

OK...on with the pictures:

Old deserted log cabin outside Molson:


USAghosttown1 by HughieDW, on Flickr


USAghosttown3 by HughieDW, on Flickr


Unidentified industrial building of some sorts on the outskirts of Molson:


USAghosttown4 by HughieDW, on Flickr


USAghosttown6 by HughieDW, on Flickr


USAghosttown7 by HughieDW, on Flickr


USAghosttown8 by HughieDW, on Flickr


Inside an old building in the centre of Old Molson:


USAghosttown32 by HughieDW, on Flickr

The old stove:


USAghosttown5 by HughieDW, on Flickr


Inside another old house in Old Molson:


Canada 3 by HughieDW, on Flickr


External shot of Old Molson stores:


USAghosttown2 by HughieDW, on Flickr


Abandoned house on the outskirts of Old Molson:


USAghosttown31 by HughieDW, on Flickr


Canada 4 by HughieDW, on Flickr


USAghosttown9 by HughieDW, on Flickr


B+W archive 243 by HughieDW, on Flickr


An abandoned vintage car:


B+W archive 245 by HughieDW, on Flickr


Entrance to an old farmstead:


USAghosttown11 by HughieDW, on Flickr


Another old house including and urbexing hourse!


B+W archive 252 by HughieDW, on Flickr


And another of that gateway in black and white for good measure:


B+W archive 251 by HughieDW, on Flickr


And that car again in colour:


USAghosttown10 by HughieDW, on Flickr

...and the house too:


USAghosttown12 by HughieDW, on Flickr

And an old shed for good measure:


USAghosttown30 by HughieDW, on Flickr

OK...that's all folks. Thanks for looking.

Lovely stuff mate.thats a bit different

Wow! I do like this and you have got the atmosphere just right,amazing shots and thanks for sharing.

loved this mate, really nice documentation of it all, you could certainly imagine walking around and coming across each building in turn!