Last week I bought this J. Boyd Ellis postcard on ebay. Titled "Stevens Pass Highway Tumwater Canyon WA" it is postmarked September 1, 1945. Highway 2 is on the right, it follows the old Great Northern Railway line through the Tumwater Canyon. The GN abandoned the Tumwater Canyon line when the Chumstick Cutoff was completed in 1929. The Drury depot was located near the fir tree to the left of the highway bridge.
This Google map shows the location of the Drury depot.
Here is a 2009 photo of the highway and bridge.
A few years ago the Skykomish Historical Society produced a CD about the Great Northern depots between Monitor and Monroe. It has many photos and maps and is well worth the $20 price if you are interested in visiting the old GN depot sites, please see their
website for more info. This is a 1924 map of Drury.
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