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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E3A_columbia-county_Dayton-WA.html
Columbia County. Historical Points of Interest. . Palouse Indians . To supplement a diet of salmon, families migrated from riverside "mat lodge" villages to the mountains for game, roots, and berries. "Appaloosa" horses played…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E35_city-of-dayton_Dayton-WA.html
City of Dayton. Early History. . Columbia County Courthouse: 1887 . Washington's Oldest Courthouse. . Construction of the Territorial Courthouse was completed two years before Washington became a state in 1889. . . Designed by local architect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E33_christopher-columbus_Walla-Walla-WA.html
Christopher Columbus. . Dedicated to Christopher Columbus . Italy's illustrious son who gave to the world a continent. We shall be inclined to pronounce the voyage that led the way to this new world as the most epoch making event of all that have…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E31_the-history-of-wallula_Kennewick-WA.html
The History of Wallula. . . Geology at Wallula . From 15,000-18,000 years ago what many geologists believe were the Earth's largest floods raced through Wallula Gap. Some of these floods were as many as twenty times as large as the combined disch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E2E_water-towers_Port-Gamble-WA.html
Water Towers. The first tower was built in 1880 and a second tower was built by 1885. The tanks were built so that water could be piped to hydrants located near the mills, docks, and primary community buildings. . . In 1892 a San Francisco cont…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E2A_port-gamble-centennial_Port-Gamble-WA.html
Port Gamble Centennial. . This stone brought from the State of Maine commemorates the Centennial of the town and lumber mill of Port Gamble founded September 1, 1853 by three men from Maine Andrew J. Pope . William C. Talbot . Cyrus Walker.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E29_historic-city-hall_Port-Townsend-WA.html
Historic City Hall. Port Townsend. In 1891 architects Batwell & Patrick designed a multi-purpose civic structure to house administrative offices, council chamber, courtroom, fire hall and jail to serve the needs of a city of 20,000. . . Port Tow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E27_paradise-inn_Ashford-WA.html
Paradise Inn. . Advertised as a place "where the flowers and the glaciers meet," Paradise Inn opened on July 4, 1917. Here tourists arrived wearing long skirts and woolen traveling suits, "seeking a renewal of spirit in the vast world out-of-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E1V_duplex_Poulsbo-WA.html
Duplex. Originally built as a dormitory for girls working at the Puget Hotel; it later housed Chinese workers who worked at the Puget Hotel from 1925 until 1936, when they left Port Gamble. . . Earliest record of Chinese in Port Gamble was 1870…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E1R_the-north-cascades_Rockport-WA.html
The North Cascades. Dedicated to Senator Henry M. Jackson. . The North Cascades . "The North Cascades is an area I hiked and explored as a boy. Each time I return, I gain a new appreciation of its natural beauty and its power to impress the spiri…