City of Ravensdale

 
Date Visited:   Sunday, July 14, 2002
City Visited #:   235
County:   King
Visited With:   Michelle & Tacoma Jenn
City Name History:   Located in the heart of the Black Diamond-Franklin-Ravensdale coal field, the town title derived from the word association of the Dale Coal Company name with the flocks of ravens that fed on grain spilled from boxcars on the Northern Pacific Railroad that ran through the community. Prior to adoption of its present name, it was called Leary after the Leary Coal Company.
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