I'm talking about Beverly and Bong and Fletcher and Brents, all in eastern Washington. Beverly must be a real place because I did find this:
Further looking and I found that Beverly was named about 1905 by H. R. Williams after Beverly, Massachusetts, and in its day (1905-1920s) our Beverly was home to hundreds of railroad workers.
But of Brents (Lincoln Co), Fletcher (Adams Co) and Bong, I found nothing. And believe me you get many interesting results when you search for "Bong Washington."
Did find two most interesting websites regarding ghost towns in Washington:
ghosttowns.com/states/wa and ghosttownsofwashington.com
Maybe you will come up with some information on these towns or other long-lost towns of Washington?
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Very interesting stuff! You may have already seen the information I have found. It is not of the town of Brents but a cemetery 3 1/2 miles north of Creston, Lincoln County, WA. There is information about it here: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wa/lincoln/cemeteries/brents.txt
There is some further info at Find a Grave: bit.ly/OTOEMk
Slow day at the Library so I thought I'd check on Brents, Fletcher and Bong.
Brents: To echo John's comments, the booklet of Tombstone Inscriptions-Lincoln County, lists a Brents Cemetery abt 3 1/2 mi due North of Creston. The Postal Service Office Register also lists a Brents P.O. from about 1889 to 1890. Post Master was D.M. Setphens and he was paid $86.41 for a year.
Fletcher: Postal Office Service Office Register lists a P.O. at Fletcher from around 1890 to about 1907. First Postmaster was a Ellen Fletcher who earned a whopping $31.47!
History of Big Bend Country also has information on Brents and Fletcher under their respective Counties under "Other Towns".
Couldn't find anything on Bong other than there is/was a Bonge State Park over on the coast.
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