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Ferry, Washington
Ferry, Washington
Ghost town
	Ferry Ferry
	Coordinates: 48°59′59″N 118°45′39″W / 48.99972°N 118.76083°W
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Ferry
Founded	1890s
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)

Ferry is a ghost town in Ferry County, Washington,^[1] United States. Ferry was founded during the late 1890s. The town was located to the west of Vulcan Mountain. Ferry was a ramshackle collection of crude log homes and false front buildings to support the mining boom in the area. By 1910, insurance fires took their toll and before long Ferry had passed into oblivion. Today little remains of the town.^[2]

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^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ferry, Washington
^ N.L. Barlee (2004), Gold Creeks and Ghost Towns of Northeastern Washington. Hancock House Publishers., ISBN 0-88839-452-7

[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ferry, Washington

[2] N.L. Barlee (2004), Gold Creeks and Ghost Towns of Northeastern Washington. Hancock House Publishers., ISBN 0-88839-452-7

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Ferry, Washington
Ghost town
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Coordinates: 48°59′59″N 118°45′39″W / 48.99972°N 118.76083°W / 48.99972; -118.76083
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Ferry
Founded	1890s
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)