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There have been two villages named Alpine in Washington State. The earliest was located on the shores of Lake Cavanaugh in Skagit County from 1894-1898. Alpine, Washington, was a town in the Cascade Mountains, near Skykomish, Washington. Founded in the late 19th century and originally named Nippon, Washington, it was first built to house Japanese railway workers.〔Alan J Stein, (Skykomish -- Thumbnail History ), HistoryLink.org, August 12, 1999. Accessed 3 April 2006.〕 Another nearby railway town, Corea, housed Korean workers. About eight miles west of Stevens Pass, Alpine had only rail access, and was a mile from the nearest road.〔Gavin Borchert, (Local Authorpalooza!: Mary Daheim ), ''Seattle Weekly'', March 29, 2006. Accessed 3 April 2006.〕 The local lumber baron changed the town's name from ''Nippon'' to ''Alpine'' in 1903. Its population peaked at 200–300 people; after the nearby woods were logged out, it was evacuated and intentionally burned, around 1929. All that remains are two foundation stones.〔 Author Mary Daheim, whose family, the Dawsons, lived in Alpine approximately 1916–1922 (before she was born) sets her "Emma Lord" mystery novels in a fictional, surviving town of Alpine.〔 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alpine, Washington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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