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Levi Coffin House
Built in 1839 and now a National Historic Landma...
Rutherford House
Dr. Hiram Rutherford (1815-1900), a doctor in th...
Two Medicine Fight Site
In mid-July 1806, Captain Meriwether Lewis, Reuben and Jos...
Fire Lookouts
Fire lookout towers have stood atop the Selkirk Mountains ...
Washington Hotel - Metaline Falls
The Washington Hotel is among the most recognizable buildi...
Ruby Ferry
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Pend...
Metaline Falls School
No single building had as profound of an effect on Metalin...
Metaline Falls Bridge
The Pend Oreille River put early residents of Metaline and...
Metaline Falls, Washington
Metaline Falls derived its name from the mineral-rich land...
Crawford State Park and Gardner's Cave
Crawford State Park, the onl...
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Levi Coffin House
Built in 1839 and now a National Historic Landmark, this house was owned by Levi Coffin (1798-1877), a Quaker abolitionist. Because of his outstanding role in the operation of the Underground Railroad, Coffin has been termed its "president." It ...
Rutherford House
Dr. Hiram Rutherford (1815-1900), a doctor in the prairie town of Oakland, was a recognized abolitionist in Illinois. He is notable for his association with the Matson Trial of 1847, the only known case in which Abraham Lincoln, then ...
Two Medicine Fight Site
In mid-July 1806, Captain Meriwether Lewis, Reuben and Joseph Field, and George Drewyer embarked on an exploration of the Marias River to determine its northern reaches. The captains had learned from other Indians that this territory was home to the ...
Fire Lookouts
Fire lookout towers have stood atop the Selkirk Mountains in Pend Oreille County for nearly a century. In the aftermath of the 1910 fires, which burned over three million acres of forest in Washington, Idaho, and Montana, the U.S. Forest ...
Washington Hotel - Metaline Falls
The Washington Hotel is among the most recognizable buildings in Metaline Falls. The cornerstone of Lewis P. Larsen’s development plans, the hotel was built in 1910 to coincide with the opening of the Inland Portland Cement Company and provided accommodations ...
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 ...
Metaline Falls School
No single building had as profound of an effect on Metaline Falls as its school. The building’s National Register of Historic Places nomination calls it “the finest example of civic architecture in the town.” Beyond the school’s obvious role as ...
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 ...
Metaline Falls, Washington
Metaline Falls derived its name from the mineral-rich landscape and cascading water that surrounds it, features that were also extremely influential in the town’s development. A third, but equally powerful, force in the town’s history is the person who worked ...
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’ ...
