Ruby - Washington Ghost Town

RUBY

NAME: Ruby
COUNTY: Okanogan
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: Cool winter and summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.

COMMENTS: Just off S.R.182.
REMAINS: Not much.

Otherwise know as the “Babylon of the West,” Ruby was as wide open as any mining camp in the West. It was a raw-edged town with little regard for law and order. Ruby’s heyday as a silver mining town was in the 1890s. Situated in a narrow valley between steep mountain slopes, heavy winter snows created frequent avalanches that buried buildings and people. Ruby has been completely ravaged by time, fire and vandalism. No building remains in the lusty, boisterous town. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.

Otherwise know as the “Babylon of the West,” Ruby was as wide open as any mining camp in the West. It was a raw-edged town with little regard for law and order. Ruby’s heyday as a silver mining town was in the 1890s. Situated in a narrow valley between steep mountain slopes, heavy winter snows created frequent avalanches that buried buildings and people. Ruby has been completely ravaged by time, fire and vandalism. No building remains in the lusty, boisterous town. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.

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