Stevens County - Couverture souple

Counts, Kay L

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1467130435 ISBN 13 : 9781467130431

Editeur : Arcadia Publishing (SC), 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1467130435
• ISBN 13: 9781467130431
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible