The Lindberg community was named after its founder, Gustaf (Gus) Lindberg, and a post office was established in 1911.[3][4] The post office remained in operation until either 1923[3] or 1925.[5]
While pushing through the last leg of the Tacoma Eastern Railroad from Ashford (1904) to Morton (1910), they established a station at the crossing of East Fork Tilton River called Glenavon.[2][6] In 1911, Lindberg established a logging camp and company town near the Glenavon station,[7] which in addition to the logging camp included a shingle mill and saw mill. Due to financial difficulties, Lindberg lost his property in the mid 1920s, but the camp continued with the name Lindberg & Hoby Logging Camp into the 1940s.[8]
Many homes in Lindberg were made of brick, a rarity in the usual mill towns of the era.[3] The area shows few signs of the logging operation, but both sides of the road through this section are dotted with houses and businesses, all of which bear a Morton address, though they are outside the limits of the town proper.
Geography
Lindberg was located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Morton. By 1928, there were two train stops bracketing Lindberg, East Fork (formerly Glenavon) to the north and Coal Canyon to the south. The latter name eventually replaced Lindberg.[2][9]
