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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DUI_wells-dam-construction_Pateros-WA.html
Wells Dam Construction. . In 1965, the entire downtown area of Pateros was destroyed when Wells Dam, located six miles downstream, was being constructed on the Columbia River. The entire downtown business district of Pateros was leveled. Paralleli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DUC_methow-indians_Pateros-WA.html
Methow Indians. . The first to settle in the area were the Methow Indians. Although they moved frequently in summer to take advantage of various foods (berries, deer and roots), they usually wintered less than one mile from the mouth of the Methow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DUB_the-cariboo-trail_Okanogan-WA.html
The Cariboo Trail. . This beautiful river valley forms a natural north-south passage, used for centuries by Indians. Later came Hudson's Bay Company fur brigades, packing pelts from Canada to Fort Okanogan. Hardly had the dust settled from the las…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DTL_ives-landing-hotel_Pateros-WA.html
Ive's Landing Hotel. . In 1886, shortly after their arrival, Lee Ives and his wife Rena built two log cabins near the river bank and started taking in travelers. Their cabins were located very near this spot in what was to become Pateros. . . L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DSU_pateros-veterans_Pateros-WA.html
Pateros Veterans. . Pateros has provided a hardy breed of men and women known for their independence, hard work, and patriotism. Over the last century hundreds have served in our armed forces to protect our American way of life. In the early 20th …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DSR_pateros-in-the-1950s_Pateros-WA.html
Pateros in the 1950's. . By this time, Pateros had about 850 residents. The main street boasted more than forty businesses that included two grocery stores, Elgin Yeager's Barber Shop, a hardware store, the Pateros Theater and two lumber yards, Br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMODT_winthrop_Winthrop-WA.html
Here at the forks of the rushing Methow, Boston-bred Guy Waring founded Winthrop in 1891. Trappers, prospectors and homesteaders tramped into his frontier store. In '95 Colonel Thomas Hart came through to carve a narrow-gauge wagon road across the…