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 Whitney
was one of those towns that was not a mining camp but was in the
middle of those that were. It was strictly a logging town and somewhat
on the boisterous side. A killing here and there, now and then.
Miss Erma Cole taught school in Whitney in the winter of 1919-1920.
She reports the temperature during that winter reached 55 degrees
below zero and stayed there for a short time before it warmed up
to 50 degrees below zero. The narrow gauge Sumpter Valley Railroad
ran between Sumpter and Whitney and had to cross a deep canyon.
It is said the trestle crossing was the second highest in the world,
surpassed only by one in the Bavarian Alps. Due to its height, it
was too shaky and dangerous and was removed in 1915. Today, there
is no school, depot, hotel or saloon but other weathered buildings
including an imposing sawmill the height of a three-story building.
Images
courtesy of Dolores Steele
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