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U.S. Border Station
Metaline Falls is a border town. In the early twentieth ce...
Sullivan Creek Hydroelectric Project
Located near Metaline Falls, in the northeastern corner of...
Sullivan Lake Ranger Station
National forest lands cover much of Pend Oreille County. T...
Ruby Ferry
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Pend...
Newport's Interstate Bridge
By the first decade of the twentieth century, Newport, Was...
Metaline Falls Bridge
The Pend Oreille River put early residents of Metaline and...
Lewis P. Larsen House
Built for Lewis “L.P.&...
Crawford State Park and Gardner's Cave
Crawford State Park, the onl...
UNESCO World Heritage Site- The Banks of the Seine
The banks of the Seine are studded with a succession of ma...
Salem First United Methodist Church
In 1833 the Methodist Church sent missionaries to Oregon w...
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U.S. Border Station
Metaline Falls is a border town. In the early twentieth century, a rough wagon road led the dozen or so miles north into Canada, weaving in and out of forest to cross the international line. In 1923, the route improved ...
Sullivan Creek Hydroelectric Project
Located near Metaline Falls, in the northeastern corner of Washington, the Sullivan Creek Hydroelectric Project was constructed in 1909 by the Inland Portland Cement Company (later the Lehigh Cement Company) located in Metaline Falls. The original project included a timber ...
Sullivan Lake Ranger Station
National forest lands cover much of Pend Oreille County. To manage the lands, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), withdrew tracts as administrative sites including 382 acres from the recently established Kaniksu National Forest for use as the Sullivan Lake Ranger ...
Ruby Ferry
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Pend Oreille was a county divided. The river proved to be a formidable geographic barrier that figured prominently in the lives of local citizens. Over time, transportation improvements bridged the gap. A ...
Newport's Interstate Bridge
By the first decade of the twentieth century, Newport, Washington, had already become a bustling town that served as a regional rail hub and a gateway to commerce with Idaho via the Newport Ferry. Yet in an age rapidly dominated ...
Metaline Falls Bridge
The Pend Oreille River put early residents of Metaline and Metaline Falls in a predicament. There were plenty of reasons to cross the river, but no easy way across it. The most obvious and reliable way was by ferry, but ...
Lewis P. Larsen House
Built for Lewis “L.P.” Larsen in 1912 and perched prominently on a cliffside location that one historian concluded is “probably the most desirable building lot in Metaline Falls,” the English cottage-inspired design is the work of Kirtland Cutter, ...
Crawford State Park and Gardner's Cave
Crawford State Park, the only state park in Pend Oreille County, is the site of Gardner’s Cave—the largest limestone cave system in the state. Ed Gardner, for whom the caverns were named, homesteaded in the area and “discovered’ ...
UNESCO World Heritage Site- The Banks of the Seine
The banks of the Seine are studded with a succession of masterpieces, including, in particular, Notre Dame and the Sainte Chapelle, Louvre, Palais de l'lnstitut, Les Invalides, Place de la Concorde, École Militaire, La Monnaie (Mint), Grand Palais des Champs ...
Salem First United Methodist Church
In 1833 the Methodist Church sent missionaries to Oregon with the first settlement established about ten miles north of Salem at what is now Willamette Mission State Park. Jason Lee, a Salem Oregon pioneer, missionary, civic leader and co-founder of ...
