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Fort Simcoe was a United States Army fort erected in south-central Washington Territory to house troops sent to keep watch over local Indian tribes. The site and remaining buildings are preserved as Fort Simcoe Historical State Park, located eight miles (13 km) west of modern White Swan, Washington, in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains and near the base of the Simcoe Mountains.
Lower Elwha Indian Reservation: 776 991 The mouth of the Elwha River, in Clallam County: Lummi Indian Reservation: 6,590 21,000 West of Bellingham, in western Whatcom County: Makah Indian Reservation: 1,356 27,950 On Cape Flattery in Clallam County: Muckleshoot Indian Reservation: 3,300 3,850 Southeast of Auburn in King County: Nisqually Indian ...
The Yakama Indian Reservation (spelled Yakima until 1994) is a Native American reservation in Washington state of the federally recognized tribe known as the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. [2] The tribe is made up of Klikitat, Palus, Wallawalla, Wenatchi, Wishram, and Yakama peoples. [1]
Location of Yakima County in Washington. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Yakima County, Washington. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Yakima County, Washington, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Yakama Indian Nation The Mount Adams Recreation Area is a 21,000-acre (8,500 ha) recreation area in the U.S. state of Washington managed by the Yakama Nation Tribal Forestry Program . The area encompasses an ecologically complex and geologically active landscape.
In 1947 the State Parks Committee was renamed to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and given authority to oversee the state park system. By 1960 the number of state parks had increased to 130. In 2003, the Washington State Legislature introduced a $5-a-day parking fee, meant to fund park-related construction projects; more ...
Around 1860, residents of Wishram began moving to the Yakama Indian Reservation, under treaties signed in 1855, [8] but Indians continued to be allowed to use the site for fishing. Until 1957, the village located at the site was referred to as Spearfish, [ 9 ] which was flooded by the creation of The Dalles Dam .
The first Shaker Indian church, also called the "mother church", was built above Mud Bay near Olympia, Washington, near the homes the co-founders of the church. [7] [8]The original about 18-by-24-foot (5.5 m × 7.3 m) church was oriented in an east-west direction, in a manner that would set the pattern for subsequent church architecture.