Cora, Washington

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Cora, Washington
Unincorporated community
Cora is located in Washington (state)
Cora
Cora
Cora is located in the United States
Cora
Cora
Coordinates: 46°32′09″N 121°47′24″W / 46.53583°N 121.79000°W / 46.53583; -121.79000
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
CountyLewis
Elevation
948 ft (289[1] m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
zip code
98377
Area code360

Cora is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington, United States.[2][3][4]

Cora is located off U.S. Route 12, next to the Cowlitz River between the towns of Randle and Packwood.

There is a bridge located in/near Cora named Cora Bridge.[5]

The community shares its names with the nearby Cora Falls, a waterfall near the Nisqually Entrance to Mount Rainier National Park, fed by Cora Lake.[6]

History[edit]

Cora was established in 1888 by Levi A. Davis, son of the founder of Claquato, and was either named after Cora Davis, wife of Levi A. Davis Cora Ferguson or Cora M. Ferguson Patterson, Davis's niece.[4][7] Postal service to Cora and neighboring towns was established in 1890.[8]

A post office was established at Cora on June 11, 1890, and remained in operation until November 30, 1908.[9][4] A February 1899 record of the Washington House of Representatives noted that the state senate had "passed Senate bill No. 95, entitled 'An act to provide for the establishment of a state road from Cora, or Sulphur Springs, Lewis county, by way of the Cowlitz pass, to a point on the Natchez river, connecting with the wagon road at or near Cowiche, in Yakima county', and had conveyed notice of the passage of this bill to the state house.[10] Sulphur Springs was the original name of what later became the neighboring town of Packwood. Later that month, the House Committee on Appropriations recommended that the project be indefinitely postponed.[11]

Timeline of some of the events that occurred in/around Cora, Lewis County, Washington[edit]

  • 1896 - report on flooding near Cora on the Cowlitz River[12]
  • early 1900s (Cora Ferry) - repeated mentions of a cable ferry located at Cora; most are reports on ferry lease for the coming year; here's at least four sources of over a dozen - ferry operations bid;[13] move of ferry landing in Cora;[14] bid and built of ferry;[15] ferry accident that took 5 lives[16]
  • early 1900s (Railroads) - mentions of rail lines being built at or near Cora[17][18]
  • 1901 - obituary for founding member of Cora, Lewis Davis, mentioning beginnings of settlement in late 1880s[19]
  • 1903 - Cora school and community happenings;[20] other very, very brief mentions of existing school exist into the 1910s
  • 1906 - sale of the Davis property, with details regarding Cora's location, townsite, and future potential[21][22]
  • 1907 - Fight over coal lands near Cora by the founding Davis brothers[23]
  • 1908 - closure of the post office since no one in the community wants the postmaster job[24]
  • 1915 - build of bridge in Cora over the Cowlitz River; bridge becomes known as the Cora Bridge[25]
  • 1918 - creation of a Red Cross auxiliary in Cora[26]
  • 1920s - Cora grange and grange activities; dance held at Cora hall in 1922;[27] grange building converted into a "community hall";[28] gathering of regional grange members in Cora in 1923; "people of Cora have extended the invitation" [29]
  • 1925 - Road improvements to the area, mentioning Cora five times and connecting to Randle, Washington[30]

References[edit]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cora, Washington
  2. ^ "Cora, United States on the map — exact time, time zone, airports nearby". mw.utc.city. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  3. ^ Cora appears on the Purcell Mountain U.S. Geological Survey Map.
  4. ^ a b c "Revisiting Washington — Cora". revisitwa.org. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  5. ^ "Cora Bridge". Google Maps.
  6. ^ "Cora Falls, Lewis County, Washington". waterfallsnorthwest.com. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  7. ^ "Lewis County - Cora". jtenlen.drizzlehosting.com. Lewis Co. WA GenWeb Project.
  8. ^ "Mother of All Counties". Lewis County Genealogical Society, quoting Guy Reed Ramsey, "Postmarked Washington: Lewis and Cowlitz Counties".
  9. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  10. ^ House Journal of the Legislature of the State of Washington (February 11, 1899), p. 348.
  11. ^ House Journal of the Legislature of the State of Washington (February 23, 1899), p. 530.
  12. ^ "Drowned In The Cowlitz". Lincoln County Leader. November 26, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  13. ^ "Last Of The Year". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. December 21, 1906. p. 3. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  14. ^ "Club Is Reorganized". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. October 24, 1913. p. 2. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  15. ^ "The County Commissioners". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. April 22, 1913. pp. 1, 16. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  16. ^ "Near Accident At Cora Ferry". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. June 23, 1916. pp. 3, 19. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  17. ^ "Many People Think It Northwestern". The Yakima Herald. August 8, 1906. p. 7. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  18. ^ "North Coast Part Of C., M. & St. Paul System". The Evening Statesman (Walla Walla, Washington). August 12, 1907. p. 1. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  19. ^ "Died". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. November 29, 1901. p. 14. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  20. ^ "Cora". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. May 15, 1903. p. 10. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  21. ^ "Is It The C. & N.W." The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. July 27, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  22. ^ "[Buys Land In Big Bottom", The Tacoma Daily Ledger (July 24, 1906), p. 2.
  23. ^ "Coal Lands Are Involved". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. October 4, 1907. p. 1. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  24. ^ "Cora Postoffice Discontinued". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. November 13, 1908. pp. 1, 15. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  25. ^ "New Bridge For The Cowlitz". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. December 10, 1915. pp. 1, 9. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  26. ^ "Two New Auxiliaries". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. June 14, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  27. ^ "Surveying At Lewis". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. August 11, 1922. pp. 2, 27. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  28. ^ "Lewis Items". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. May 13, 1923. pp. 16, 75. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  29. ^ "State Grange To Vancouver". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. June 22, 1923. pp. 10, 27. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  30. ^ "A Half Million Dollars For Good Roads In Eastern Lewis". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. August 14, 1925. p. 1. Retrieved May 4, 2024.


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