Editing Darrington, Washington (section)

===Early 20th century===
[[File:Entrance to Camp Darrington CCC Camp, Mt. Baker National Forest, Washington (3226865012).jpg|thumb|right|The entrance to Camp Darrington, established in 1933 by the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]]]]

Darrington's residents resisted the county government's [[dry county|dry]] plan to prohibit the sale of alcohol and close the town's saloons. They circulated a petition to [[municipal incorporation|incorporate]] Darrington as a fourth-class city in order to continue alcohol sales, but the attempt was thwarted after protests by U.S. Lumber and several civic leaders.{{sfnp|Poehlman|1979|pages=53–55}}<ref name="HL-Incorp">{{cite web |last=Oakley |first=Janet |date=December 13, 2010 |title=Darrington incorporates as a fourth-class town on October 15, 1945. |url=http://historylink.org/File/9645 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=March 10, 2019}}</ref> On July 5, 1910, the town voted 46–35 in favor of remaining a "wet" settlement, but the countywide plebiscite the same day passed in favor of prohibition.{{sfnp|Poehlman|1979|pages=53–55}}

The town grew substantially in the early 1920s, with new sawmills attracting more residents and businesses. The wagon road along the North Fork Stillaguamish River (now part of [[Washington State Route 530|State Route 530]]) was improved. A local improvement club established a [[fire department]], a municipal [[water supply]], and electrical service. [[Standard Oil]] built an auxiliary [[gas station]] in 1922 to serve the area, and a [[stagecoach]] service started at the same time.{{sfnp|Poehlman|1979|page=104}} Darrington gained its first [[movie theater]] in 1923, a [[high school]] in 1925, and a purpose-built [[jail]] that replaced a disused [[boxcar]].<ref name="HistoryLink"/>{{sfnp|Poehlman|1979|pages=74–75, 102–104}}

Falling lumber prices during the [[Great Depression]] led several small sawmills in the Darrington area to suspend operations for a full year and laying off most of the town's workforce in late 1930.{{sfnp|Poehlman|1979|page=156}} The town suffered outbreaks of [[scarlet fever]] and [[smallpox]] in 1931, followed by winter storms that damaged bridges and roads in the Sauk valley.{{sfnp|Poehlman|1979|page=157}} The [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] (CCC) work program established Camp Darrington on May 20, 1933, to provide employment for up to 200 men from northern Snohomish County.<ref name="HistoryLink"/> The townspeople established a local [[cooperative]] association in 1935 to create jobs, including 33 at an independent sawmill, and provide services at a shared cost.{{sfnp|Poehlman|1979|pages=158–159}}

Camp Darrington was primarily used to fight [[wildfire]]s and develop infrastructure in the Darrington district of the [[Mount Baker National Forest]], including roads, trails, and a series of [[fire lookout tower]]s atop nearby mountains.{{sfnp|Poehlman|1979|page=140}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Stevick |first=Eric |date=May 15, 2006 |title=A House Shares its Past |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/06/05/15/100loc_a1darrington001.cfm |work=The Everett Herald |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070416091354/http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/06/05/15/100loc_a1darrington001.cfm |archive-date=April 16, 2007 |access-date=March 10, 2019}}</ref> Among its projects was the [[Mountain Loop Highway]], which provided connections between [[ranger station]]s in Darrington and [[Granite Falls, Washington|Granite Falls]] and also opened up the Cascades backcountry to logging and recreation.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cameron |first=David A. |date=March 4, 2008 |title=A key part of the work to build the scenic Mountain Loop Highway linking Granite Falls to Darrington (Snohomish County) begins on March 23, 1936. |url=https://historylink.org/File/8460 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=March 10, 2019}}</ref> The camp employed the first wave of [[Appalachian American|Appalachian]] emigrants from [[North Carolina]], who would eventually form a majority of the town's population.{{sfnp|Poehlman|1979|page=119}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cameron |first1=David A. |last2=LeWarne |first2=Charles P. |last3=May |first3=M. Allan |last4=O'Donnell |first4=Jack C. |last5=O'Donnell |first5=Lawrence E. |year=2005 |title=Snohomish County: An Illustrated History |pages=196–197 |publisher=Kelcema Books LLC |location=Index, Washington |isbn=978-0-9766700-0-1 |oclc=62728798}}</ref> Camp Darrington workers also assisted in the creation of two winter sports areas that were equipped with [[ski run]]s, [[toboggan]] trails, and a [[ski jump]].{{sfnp|Poehlman|1979|page=160}} The [[Works Progress Administration]], another federal jobs program, provided funds to replace the town's overcrowded high school in 1936.{{sfnp|Poehlman|1979|page=74}}