 Standard Oil constructed an auxiliary gasoline station in 1922 to serve the area, and a stagecoach service was begun at the same time.The town also built its first movie theater in 1923, a high school in 1925, and a purpose-built jail to replace a disused boxcar that had been temporarily used before.The Great Depression caused lumber prices to fall in late 1930 and several small sawmills in the Darrington area suspended operations for a full year while laying off most of the town's workforce.