A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 by Ithamar Howell
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Hills in the western part of the county are timbered and all the
vacant lands are grass covered. Over 1,000,000 fruit trees have been planted in the last three years in the county. The mountain foothills are full of mineral veins of copper, gold, silver, lead and molybdonite. Some have been producing for twenty years. Trout in the streams and game on the hills add to its attractiveness. PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS. WENATCHEE is the county seat and largest town, having about 3,500 people. It is located on the Columbia river near where the Great Northern railway crosses it. It is the chief distributing center for the county and much other territory, chiefly north of it. LEAVENWORTH, westward of Wenatchee, and also on the railroad, has a population of 1,200 and is a division point. CHELAN, at the foot of Lake Chelan, has about 700 people. CASHMERE, on the railroad, is of about equal size. LAKESIDE, PESHASTIN and ENTIAT are smaller towns, all thriving and growing. CLALLAM COUNTY Clallam county occupies 2,000 square miles of the northwestern |
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