Moncton, Washington

This scene was photographed about 1911, shortly after construction of the new C. M. & P. S. Ry. station at Moncton, Washington. The Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway was the original name for the Pacific Coast extension of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, west of the Missouri River bridge at Mobridge, South Dakota. Moncton was located 39.4 track miles from Union Station in Seattle, on the lower western portion of the grade up over Snoqualmie Pass. Moncton was renamed Cedar Falls in 1912. The circa 1911 wooden depot was removed in the 1980's.

This scene, photographed about 1911, shows the original Moncton depot which was a temporary portable building used at Moncton only from about 1909 until 1911 when the new depot shown at the top of this page went into service. Shown from left to right is a coal bunker, railroad baggage cart, water tank, a couple yard switches having kerosene switch lamps, a semaphore signal with both blades in the horizontal position, the depot, and a freight shed having a sign for Wells Fargo & Co. Express.

This winter scene is looking eastbound in the Moncton railroad yard by the original depot. The man on the right, closest to the freight shed, is Moncton station agent George Otto Davis.

This scene, photographed sometime between 1912 and 1915, shows the town of Moncton which was renamed Cedar Falls in 1912. Visible near the center of the image are a hotel, a restaurant, and a store. The Moncton school is visible on the right side of the image, shown on the outskirts of town. Moncton became flooded beginning in the spring of 1915 and the town was then abandoned. The town site is now part of the lakebed of Rattlesnake Lake. When the lake level becomes low enough in the summer, a few remnants of the town become visible.

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