In the spring of 1936, Secret Valley CCC Company Clerk C.H. Bennett made a jaunt to the ghost town of Amedee. He noted that the old hotel was originally a million dollar structure, and thus how folklore is created. Truth be known, when the hotel was completed in 1892, at a cost of $25,000.

By World War I,  Amedee was already in a slow decline. In 1922, a major event by NCO Railroad sealed the town’s fate. The railroad abandoned a 16 mile segment of the line between Rayl and Wendel. On October 31, 1922, the last NCO train passed through Amedee. In addition, in that same year the Amedee School’s operation was transferred to Wendel. On February 29, 1924, the Amedee Post Office closed and there was no need to replace it  with the Rural Free Delivery service, since the only people residing there were caretakers of the property.

Tim