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Washington City/County History Quiz
And the answer is...
Kelso
Selected Links
Interested in learning more about Kelso and environs? Take a look at these Web sites:- Kelso, WA Official Web Site
- The "Kelso, Smelt Capital of the World" Mural
- Go Northwest, Kelso, Washington
- Highlander Festival
- Cowlitz County Historical Museum
- Kelso-Longview History
- Cowlitz County History
- Towns of Cowlitz County, Washington
- Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Official Visitors Guide
- Kelso Letters - These letters were written by May Sturgess, daughter of Andrew Jackson Sturgess and Susan Patterson early settlers in Vancouver. Letters were written to her younger sister Mabel Sturgess living with her married sister Laura Sturgess Harris in Vancouver at the time.
- The complete and colorful history of Kelso is recorded in detail in a book by local resident Camilla Summers, now deceased. Her book, About Kelso, takes the reader from the time before Peter Crawford platted his farm into the city he named Kelso in 1884, through to the effects of the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980.
Washington City/County History Links
- Cities and Towns, State of Washington - Dates of Incorporation, Disincorporation, and Changes of Classification
- Washington State Historical Society - A guide to museums, resource centers, and educational programming
- HistoryLink.org - The online encyclopedia of Washington State history
- Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture - Preserves and makes available materials that contribute to an understanding of the history and culture of eastern Washington and the Inland Empire
- The Heritage Network - Founded in 2005, the Network is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to preserving and protecting irreplaceable artifacts, photographic images and historic architecture of the communities represented by its membership.
- Washington History - Office of the Secretary of State