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Sullivan Lake CCC
In less than a decade, the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC...
Sullivan Lake Ranger Station
National forest lands cover much of Pend Oreille County. T...
Newport's Interstate Bridge
By the first decade of the twentieth century, Newport, Was...
Metaline Falls School
No single building had as profound of an effect on Metalin...
Metaline Falls Bridge
The Pend Oreille River put early residents of Metaline and...
Metaline Falls, Washington
Metaline Falls derived its name from the mineral-rich land...
Metaline, Washington
Metaline, Washington, is Pend Oreille County’s origi...
Lewis P. Larsen House
Built for Lewis “L.P.&...
Crawford State Park and Gardner's Cave
Crawford State Park, the onl...
Captain William Kennedy House
The house was built in l866 for Captain William Kennedy, u...
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Sullivan Lake CCC
In less than a decade, the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) Camp at Sullivan Lake left its mark on Pend Oreille County through the construction of airstrips, lookout towers, trails, roads, bridges, ranger stations, and more. The men worked long hours ...
Sullivan Lake Ranger Station
National forest lands cover much of Pend Oreille County. To manage the lands, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), withdrew tracts as administrative sites including 382 acres from the recently established Kaniksu National Forest for use as the Sullivan Lake Ranger ...
Newport's Interstate Bridge
By the first decade of the twentieth century, Newport, Washington, had already become a bustling town that served as a regional rail hub and a gateway to commerce with Idaho via the Newport Ferry. Yet in an age rapidly dominated ...
Metaline Falls School
No single building had as profound of an effect on Metaline Falls as its school. The building’s National Register of Historic Places nomination calls it “the finest example of civic architecture in the town.” Beyond the school’s obvious role as ...
Metaline Falls Bridge
The Pend Oreille River put early residents of Metaline and Metaline Falls in a predicament. There were plenty of reasons to cross the river, but no easy way across it. The most obvious and reliable way was by ferry, but ...
Metaline Falls, Washington
Metaline Falls derived its name from the mineral-rich landscape and cascading water that surrounds it, features that were also extremely influential in the town’s development. A third, but equally powerful, force in the town’s history is the person who worked ...
Metaline, Washington
Metaline, Washington, is Pend Oreille County’s original gold camp. Unlike the carefully platted Metaline Falls across the river, Metaline was a true frontier town. The first non-Indian settlement in Pend Oreille County, its pioneers came looking for gold as early ...
Lewis P. Larsen House
Built for Lewis “L.P.” Larsen in 1912 and perched prominently on a cliffside location that one historian concluded is “probably the most desirable building lot in Metaline Falls,” the English cottage-inspired design is the work of Kirtland Cutter, ...
Crawford State Park and Gardner's Cave
Crawford State Park, the only state park in Pend Oreille County, is the site of Gardner’s Cave—the largest limestone cave system in the state. Ed Gardner, for whom the caverns were named, homesteaded in the area and “discovered’ ...
Captain William Kennedy House
The house was built in l866 for Captain William Kennedy, using stones quarried from the Red River banks at nearby St. Andrews Rapids. The Gothic Revival style of the Kennedy House is architecturally distinctive, compared to the other old stone ...
