Where the sidewalk ends

July 21, 2016

Where Summit Road crosses the railroad tracks was once a thriving little community called "Summit" because it was on the highest elevation on the railroad between Puget Sound and Grays Harbor. The Summit Post Office was established in the 1870s. The community had their own school and the building later became the Grange Hall demolished in the 1990s, I think, to make room for the new residential development.

McCleary, Washington 98557

McCleary Post Office. The story goes like this. Around 1910-1911, when the door plant was moved here, Henry McCleary called in the postmasters of the older and established villages of Sine and Summit and offered them a deal if they agreed to consolidate and establish a McCleary Post Office. The Sine postmaster, a member of the Murray family, was given a job in McCleary's mill. Harry Craft, the Summit postmaster was made the McCleary postmaster.

In later years Henry's brother, Leonard, served as postmaster.

Photo taken Mar. 4, 2012