David Boston Photography

Abandoned Church in Elberton (Ghost Town)
Elberton is a ghost town on the north fork of the Palouse River in Whitman County, WA. The town was incorporated as a fourth class town on April 24, 1896. It grew to have a population of 500 and at one time had a sawmill, a flour mill, a railroad, and the world's largest prune dryer (how's that for noteriety?). A major fire started in the town in the 1930s and due to the Great Depression, many of the businesses and homes destroyed by the fire were too costly to rebuild. The fire, along with the Depression hurt the town greatly and it started to decline in population, with people packing up what they could carry and abandoning their homes that they could no longer afford to keep and maintain. The town was officially disincorporated in 1966. Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, EF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM, 30 mm, ISO 200, 1/4 sec at f / 16, David W. Boston.