Stevens County, [WA] / Kay L. Counts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Counts, Kay L., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stevens County (Wash.)--Biography--Pictorial works.

Stevens County (Wash.).

Stevens County (Wash.)--History--Pictorial works.

Stevens County (Wash.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, map

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2013]

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127).

OCLC:

900733815