 The railway connecting Ravenshoe with Cairns was completed in 1910 and a horse drawn timber tramway named the Evelyn Scrub Tramline Co was built from Evelyn to connect with the railway line at Turulka about away and operated until 1921.The railway was used to transport timber from the sawmills to the port of Cairns.In 1918 a wide variety of crops were grown in the region, including English and sweet potato, maize, bananas, pineapples, grapes, oranges, apples, strawberries, peaches, plums, lemons, pawpaw and honey.