Stevens County - Hardcover

Counts, Kay L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1531675212 ISBN 13: 9781531675219

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions, 2014

Synopsis

Stevens County was first inhabited by a Paleo-Indian culture that occupied Kettle Falls along the Columbia River for 9,000 years. A gathering place for several Salish Indian tribes, the area called Shonitkwu, meaning "Falls of Boiling Baskets," was an abundant resource for fishing--specifically salmon. Traveling downriver from Kettle Falls to the trading post Spokane House in 1811, Canadian fur trapper David Thompson described the village as "built of long sheds of 20 feet in breadth" and noted the tribe's ceremonial dances worshiping the arrival of salmon. In 1829, Fort Colville was producing large amounts of food from local crops. And in 1934, work began on the Columbia Dam to generate a much-needed power source for irrigation from the Columbia River. Upon its completion in 1940, the native tribes gathered one last time, not to celebrate the return of the salmon but for a "ceremony of tears" on the salmon's departure.

About this title

About the Author

Kay L. Counts, an avid researcher, lives at the historic Tumwater Falls area and enjoys its beauty every day. She is an active member of the Oregon and Washington State Historical Societies and Clark County Genealogical Society. Most of the photographs in Images of America: Stevens County come from the holdings of the Libraries of Stevens County.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1531675212
• ISBN 13: 9781531675219
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 130