As you recall from my last post, in 1930, Inchelium and all towns north of Coulee Dam had to be moved to higher ground. Lake Roosevelt, the backwaters …
Kettle Falls
Back in Time at the Fur Trade Festival: Part Six
Welcome back! One of the most exciting activities the students were able to participate in at the Fur Trade Festival was rope making and cording. I …
Back in Time at the Fur Trade Festival: Part Five
Welcome back! Today we are exploring various kinds of traps men used to trap animals for their furs to trade at the Hudson Bay Companyin the Kettle …
Back in Time at the Fur Trade Festival: Part Four
Welcome back! Today we are shifting gears and talking about what kinds of items were traded among the folks at the Hudson Bay Company in the Kettle …
Speckled Fish People: Swallowed By The Flood
Harmony dominated the Sinixt or Arrow Lakes People of northeast Washington State until 1930. Talk of a great dam being erected at Grand Coulee, …