During the late 1940's and 1950's this area was the location of the Kosmos Timber Company's Camp 2 and reload. Located about 22 miles from the town of Kosmos, the only way here was by railroad. Trucks were brought by rail to Camp 2 and then they were used to haul logs out of the woods that were then reloaded onto rail cars. From here the logs traveled to the mill in Kosmos or on to Tacoma over the Milwaukee Railroad Line. The men who lived at Camp 2 were hauled out on Friday night and returned on Sunday night. Because of the higher elevation, logging was limited to June through December.
Although this area is sometimes used by modern day campers, if you look closely you might see remnants of the old camp. Things such as old tin cans, a water line, railroad tie plates and spikes can be found lying around. Look closely at the flat area just before the land drops into Iron Creek canyon and you can almost imagine a steam engine or two hooked up to a trainload of logs that are ready to head out. Kosmos Timber usually had nine steam locomotives in their rolling stock. Seven were in use at all times with the other two being in the shop or on stand-by.
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