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Historical Markers in Kettle Falls

 
Clickable Map of Stevens County, Washington and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Stevens County, WA (12) Ferry County, WA (6) Lincoln County, WA (7) Pend Oreille County, WA (10) Spokane County, WA (93)  StevensCounty(12) Stevens County (12)  FerryCounty(6) Ferry County (6)  LincolnCounty(7) Lincoln County (7)  PendOreilleCounty(10) Pend Oreille County (10)  SpokaneCounty(93) Spokane County (93)
Colville is the county seat for Stevens County
Kettle Falls is in Stevens County
Stevens County (12)  ►
ADJACENT TO STEVENS COUNTY
Ferry County (6)  ►
Lincoln County (7)  ►
Pend Oreille County (10)  ►
Spokane County (93)  ►
Central Kootenay, British Columbia (13)  ►
Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia (10)  ►
 
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1 ► Washington, Stevens County, Kettle Falls — Fort Colville — 1826-1871 —
Near here stood Fort Colville of the Hudson's Bay Company George Simpson • John Work • Archibald McDonald • Angus McDonald Here began trade, farming, milling, and stock raising in Stevens County. — — Map (db m284882) HM
2 ► Washington, Stevens County, Kettle Falls — The Inchelium Ferry Bell —
"Back in the day" you would ring this bell to signal the ferry boat operator on the other side of the Columbia River to send the ferry across. The ferry ran between Inchelium and Gifford about 30 miles south of here. In its earliest days you . . . — — Map (db m291729) HM
3 ► Washington, Stevens County, Kettle Falls — St. Paul's Mission —
Father Anthony Rivalli visited Fort Colvile in 1845 nearly twenty years after it was established. He led the Indians of the Kettle Falls area to build a small chapel of rough logs and brush. By 1847 that chapel had been replaced by a sturdy . . . — — Map (db m284885) HM
4 ► Washington, Stevens County, Kettle Falls — Silencing the Falls —
In the 1930's President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched a nationwide campaign to build dams, bringing jobs, power and irrigation to rural communities. Grand Coulee Dam was constructed on the Columbia River as part of that effort. By 1940, the . . . — — Map (db m291728) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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Nov. 10, 2026