To facilitate traffic the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. In the matter of fishing this vicinity is the best in the west. The game is principally feathered, but some deer and bear are found. In addition to the scenic beauty of the place and the pleasant climate there is abundance of sport for the hunter and fisherman. There is abundant excellent water and no fog exists here. The schools are of high standard and maintained nine months of the year.
Gibbon, the postmaster, who has been here the past eighteen years and has just built him a magnificent home, modern throughout two hotels, barber shop, restaurant, blacksmith shop, and two saloons. It has a large general store, owned and operated by W.D. Maple Valley is about 300 feet above sea level and enjoys a magnificent climate throughout the year. The Danville mines are four miles distant from Maple Valley which place they make their trading point. At Taylor seven miles distant is a large mine operated by the Denny-Renton Clay and Coal Company, where the company owns the store and from which they ship thousands of cars of coal annually. Some of the most successfully conducted coal mines in King County are in this vicinity. The Cedar River Mill Company has a plant near the town with a daily capacity of 40,000 feet, where they employ in the mill and camps from 65 to 75 men. Much logging is carried on by different firms. In the fruit industry all kinds of fruits do well, especially the small fruits which are raised to perfection.Ī large industry here is lumbering. The farms are cultivated for oat-hay and timothy. The nearby markets of Seattle offer the strongest inducements for dairies and poultry yards. The chief industries are dairying, poultry-raising, farming, and fruit culture. The county has just built a new wagon bridge across the rushing waters of the river and easy access is provided in addition to the railroads for getting into and out of the place. The beautiful Cedar River flows through the town. Maple Valley is delightfully located in the midst of a rich and fertile country and takes its name from the character of the forest at this place. MacDonald in 1891, the town having been laid out by Mr. A post office was established here in 1888 by C.O. The first settlers in this vicinity were W.M. In King County one of the important places upon this road is Maple Valley, where its main line from the east, after crossing the Cascade Mountains, forms a junction with the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad, a line which has been in operation between the coal mines of King County at Black Diamond and Seattle for the past quarter century and longer. Paul Railroad to the Pacific Coast has done more than merely make another means of crossing the American continent it has opened up a new country in many instances better and larger in opportunities than what now has railroad transportation and has lessened the rates where railroads were already running. The building of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
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