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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E7W_history-of-the-steamboat-rock-area_Electric-City-WA.html
History of the Steamboat Rock Area. . Indians, fur traders, military expeditions and settlers traveled where you are now standing. A major Indian trail passed at this location. Alexander Ross passed here in 1841. John Works, Hudson's Bay Company w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E7V_story-of-dry-falls_Coulee-City-WA.html
Story of Dry Falls. . These cliffs are skeletal remnants of what was once the world's largest waterfall. They bear stark witness to the tremendous power of catastrophic floods that swept over Eastern Washington at the end of the last Ice Age. . …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E7U_dry-falls_Coulee-City-WA.html
Dry Falls. . Flood waters, perhaps 300 feet above you, once rushed over these cliffs. . . During the ice age, glaciers to the north blocked the Columbia River and forced it to find a new route. The river, swollen from melting glacial ice, began t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E7T_worlds-greatest-waterfall-without-water_Coulee-City-WA.html
World's Greatest Waterfall... Without Water!. . The sheer cliff in front of you was once the world's greatest waterfall. From here, you see only the western portion of this remarkable Ice Age floods feature. With the end of the last Ice Age, flood…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E7S_in-the-path-of-cataclysmic-floods_Coulee-City-WA.html
In the Path of Cataclysmic Floods. . You are standing in the pathway of some of the largest floods ever known. They carved steep-walled canyons, sculpted immense waterfalls, and left behind landscapes found nowhere else on earth. . . Massive Gla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E7R_explore-massive-floodscapes_Coulee-City-WA.html
Explore Massive Floodscapes!. . Raging Ice Age floodwaters carved spectacular features throughout eastern Washington, creating unique landscapes. Follow the path of the floods and discover more about this amazing story. . . Gouging Deep Coulees …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E68_makah-indian-tribe_Forks-WA.html
Makah Indian Tribe. . Bordered by the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific Ocean, pre-contact Makah held a vast area of inland and coastal territory. These richly forested lands and the seas which teemed with life offered early Makah a wealth of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E5A_fort-ross-california-sitka-castle-alaska-fort-elisabeth-kaua-i-hawai-i_Forks-WA.html
Fort Ross, California - Sitka Castle, Alaska - Fort Elisabeth, Kaua'i, Hawai'i. . In the early 19th century what is today the northwest coast of Washington State might have become a Russian colony, an extension of Alaska, if the Sv. Nikolai voyage…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E53_small-town-big-voice_LaCrosse-WA.html
Small Town, Big Voice. . Welcome to Palouse Falls, Washington's official state waterfall. Behind this designation by the state legislature is a story of how local students with a vision created state law - and made state history. . . Waterfall …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E44_timber-transportation_Forks-WA.html
Timber Transportation. From Oxen to Locomotives. . In the last 150 years, the West Olympic Peninsula has seen many changes in timber transport. . . photo 1: . This picture shows a team of oxen hauling logs off a hillside in the 1890s. In the ea…