Alpine was a village located on the shores of
Lake Cavanaugh, in
Skagit County, Washington. A very brief reference to it is found in ''An Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties'', by Elizan M. Wallace, published by Interstate Publishing Company, 1906 (pages 469–470). An in-depth book about Alpine and the settlers of Lake Cavanaugh, who began arriving in 1890, was published and copyrighted in 2009: ''Alpine On The Lake'', by Allan Ray Wenzel, published by Classic Day Publishing,
Seattle, Washington
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, 2009 (, Library of Congress Number 2009938776).
There was another Alpine 50 miles south founded about the same time. That village was founded by
Stanford University
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Carl Lane Clemans and existed from 1894 until 1929. The village had a few homes, a schoolhouse, a post office, and a hotel. After the Stevens Pass Scenic Highway was built a mile away without any connection to Alpine, the village was abandoned in 1929.
See also
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List of ghost towns in Washington
References
Ghost towns in Skagit County, Washington
Ghost towns in Washington (state)
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