Galvin, also known as Lincoln or Lincoln's Creek, is an
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, near Lincoln Creek and the Chehalis River. The town is four miles (6.4 km) northwest of Centralia.
Galvin was platted on June 3, 1910, as a
logging
Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. It may include skidder, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or trunk (botany), logs onto logging truck, trucksChehalis River, known as the Galvin Bridge, was built in 1913. The original thoroughfare was dismantled and rebuilt beginning in 1968.
The city is noted for the Busek Auto Museum, a collection of a variety of vintage vehicles, which was featured in a 2007 independent film, ''Rain in the Mountains''.