Bolster, Washington
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Coordinates: 48°58′21″N 119°02′20″W / 48.97250°N 119.03889°W / 48.97250; -119.03889 | |
Country | United States |
State | Washington |
County | Okanogan |
Platted | 1899 |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
Bolster is a ghost towninOkanogan County, Washington, USA. In 1899, the town was plotted by J.S. McBride, who named it for the Spokane financier Herman Bolster.[1] He sold lots in the new town and at one time there were several stores, a post office and three saloons. The small town of some thirty families traded with Chesaw, each calling the other a 'suburb'. The town's newspaper, The Bolster Drill, could not make any money, and eventually went out of business. In 1909, the post office closed.[2] There was a school in Bolster in 1910, but it was open for only that year.[3]
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Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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