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About five miles east of Aloha on Ocean Beach Road is the former mill townsite of Carlisle, Washington. It began in the early 1900's and was completely destroyed by fire in the late 1920's. Carlisle was a company town that had its own monetary system by way of tokens in denominations of fifty cents, one dollar and so on. There was a company store that sold groceries and other mercantile items. While employed at the mill, you were required to purchase items from the company store. If you were caught shopping in Aberdeen or Hoquiam, you were immediately fired.

The Copalis Lumber Company operated the mill in Carlisle. There was also a theater and a bank. At the museum, there are several company store tokens on display.

As you drive by the area today, you can still see the remains of the concrete bank vault.

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