Located on the plain abutting the mountains of southeast King County , Selleck was the company town of Pacific States Lumber , under the direction of lumberman Frank Selleck . It was completed in 1916 , accessed by the world 's highest railway trestle , 204 feet above the Cedar River . The mill played a role in the rebuilding of Tokyo after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake . At that time many Japanese workers and their families came to Selleck . This was not the first time Japanese workmen were brought to the mill
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
Selleck, Washington