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From the Archives: 1929 Kettle Falls basketball team photo

From the Archives: 1929 Kettle Falls basketball team photo

(Photo courtesy Washington State Digital Archives) The regular season is ending for high school basketball teams throughout Washington. For many teams, it means no more practices and games. But for others, the playoffs await. With anticipation building ahead of the postseason, our State Digital Archives has this classic photo of a hoops squad from long ago. This photo, taken around 1929, shows the Kettle Falls High School boys basketball team. Gotta love the uniforms! The photo is part of the…

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Classic WA photos: Kettle Falls

Classic WA photos: Kettle Falls

Go to any of Washington’s four corners and you’ll see stunning beauty. In the northeastern part of the state, many of those gorgeous views are dominated by the mighty Columbia River. The Columbia’s appearance has changed over the years. This 1928 shot of Kettle Falls’ Lower Falls shows how the Columbia looked before dams altered the landscape. Kettle Falls was an ancient and important salmon fishing and trading site for Native Americans. The falls were flooded in 1940 when the…

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Fire Before Water at Fort Colvile

Fire Before Water at Fort Colvile

From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: First there was Fort Colvile, the Hudson’s Bay Fort in present day Stevens County. Later, at another location a few miles away, there was Fort Colville, the U.S. military fort. As you can see by the spelling, the original Fort Colvile had the “L” kicked out of it. This randomly found article in the July 15, 1910 Chewelah Independent described how Fort Colvile was lost…

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