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Cathlamet in 1973 (Main Street from Columbia Street) Cathlamet was the largest, or one of the largest, villages of Columbia River Native Americans west of the Cascade Mountains, and the home of the Kathlamet people. [5] "Cathlamet was sighted in 1792 by Lt. W.R. Broughton, while verifying Capt. Robert Gray's reported exploration of the Columbia ...
Wahkiakum County (/ w ə ˈ k aɪ. ə k ʌ m / wə-KY-ə-kum) is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,422, [1] making it one of the least populous counties in Washington. The county seat and only incorporated town is Cathlamet. [2]
The newspaper was founded as the Skamokawa Eagle in 1891 by S. G. Williams. [4] It joined the Cathlamet Gazette in the local news field in this lower Columbia River town. [5] In 1930, David Head of Cathlamet bought the paper; at the time it was thought to be the only newspaper in the Pacific Northwest still produced with a hand press. [4]
Lewis and Clark reported "that about 300 Cathlamet occupied nine plank houses on the south side of the Columbia River", [4] and lived between Tongue Point and Puget Island in Clatsop County, Oregon. [5] On the north side, they lived "from the mouth of Grays Bay to a little east of Oak Point." [3] Clark wrote: November 11th Monday 1805
Puget Island is a 7.5 sq mi(4,785 acre; 19.365 km 2) island and Census-designated place (CDP) in the Columbia River in Wahkiakum County, Washington, United States. The island was named for Peter Puget, a lieutenant in the Vancouver Expedition of exploration, which first mapped the island in 1792. [3]
A city in Washington can be described secondarily by its form of government. Cities and towns are specifically authorized three forms of government: Commission (no cities) Mayor–council (228 cities) Council–manager (53 cities) Code cities (see above), if their population is over 10,000, may incorporate as charter code cities.
Cathlamet may refer to: The Kathlamet, a Native American tribe of Oregon and Washington; Cathlamet, Washington, a city in Washington; The MV Cathlamet, a ferry vessel operated by Washington State Ferries
East Cathlamet is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wahkiakum County, Washington, on the eastern border of the town of Cathlamet. The population was 578 as of the 2020 census . The East Cathlamet community is part of the Wahkiakum School District , a K-12 school district of about 430 students.