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FERRY | BEULAH |
FERRY | BOYDS |
FERRY | CURLEW |
FERRY | DANVILLE |
FERRY | KELLER |
FERRY | LAURIER |
FERRY | METEOR |
FERRY | ORIENT |
FERRY | REPUBLIC |
BARSTOW | on Kettle River, 8 miles above river mouth | named for an early settler who operated a store |
BOYD | on Kettle Riv, 5 miles north of Columbia Riv | moved from original site by FDR Lake; named for early setler, Adam Boyd |
BUFFALO | see INCHELIUM | |
COVADA | on Colville Indian Reservation, 6 miles south INCHELIUM on Borgeau Lake | established by miners in 1890s; name from 1st letter of 6 nearby mines - Columbia Camp, Orin, Vernie, Ada, Dora and Alice |
CURLEW | 8 miles south of Canadian border, at joining of Curlew Creek and Kettle River | former mining town established by prospectors in 1890s; named by Guy S. Helphrey in 1896 |
DANVILLE | 1/2 mile south of Canadian border, near Kettle River | mining town; platted 1889 by Nelson Bros.; originally called "NELSON"; name changed to "DANVILLE", a mining company |
DULWICH | see ORIENT | |
EUREKA | see REPUBLIC | |
FERRY | on Kettle River at Canadian border, opposite town of Boundary, BC | active at turn of century, now has customs and immigration station. |
HARLINDA | see KELLER | |
HAZELMERE | on west bank Columbia River near Rogers Bar in east central FerryCo | flooded by Roosevelt Lake |
IMPACH | on Colville Indian Reservation, 3 miles west of INCHELIUM | name may mean "white lake" in the San Poil language |
INCHELIUM | 1 1/2 miles west of FDR Lake, across river from Gifford | original site flooded by creation of FDR Lake; earlier names "Buffalo"and "Troy" |
KARAMIN | on Curlew Creek, north of Curlew Lake | named for Karamin Lumber Company |
KELLER | on San Poil River, 9 miles from FDR Lake | moved when FDR Lake flooded original site; founded 1898 when south half of Colville Res opened for mining; early name "HARLINDA" |
KEWA | settlement on Colville Indian Res | near Nez Perce Creek 4 miles west of FDR Lake |
LAURIER | on Canadian border, near Kettle River | mining town; in 1890s had population of about 2000; possibly named for Prime Minister Laurier (1896-1911) |
MALO | 13 miles northeast of Republic, on Curlew Creek | possibly named by an early-day prospector; "malo" is Spanish for "bad" or "evil" |
METEOR | on Colville Indian Reservation, 5 miles southwest of INCHELIUM | may have been first settlement in SE Ferry Co; a "lively mining camp" in 1898; named for Meteor Mine |
MORGAN | see ORIENT | |
NELSON | see DANVILLE | |
NOLO | see ORIENT | |
OLD TORODA | see TORODA | |
ORIENT | 10 miles south of Canadian border, on Kettle River | founded in 1902 by Orient Improvement Co; originally called NOLO, later MORGAN; RR stop 1 1/2 miles south called DULWICH |
PIA | a few homes and a mission Church near Kelley Hill. | first church, a log cabin was completed in 1889 |
REPUBLIC | 25 miles south of Canadian border, near head of San Poil River | county seat; originally established as "The Mining District of Eureka"; later named for Great Republic mining claim |
ROCKCUT | on Kettle River, 6 miles south of B.C. in northeast FerryCo | once a railroad station |
TORODA | 16 miles south of Canada border; 5 miles northeast of Wauconda (ne Okanogan Co) | "mining ghost town" |
TROY | see INCHELIUM |
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