The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Kelso was settled in the 1850s. A post office called Kelso has been in operation since 1858. The community has the name of I. R. Kelso, a pioneer citizen.
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Before
2000
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Kelso is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Kelso has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is William Henry and Lilla Luce Harrison House in Scott City, 2.4 miles away.
Kelso and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Kelso
William Henry and Lilla Luce Harrison HouseScott City · Queen Anne · Built 18972.4miThebes CourthouseThebes · Building5.4mi
Charles Isaac and Lizzie Hunter Moore Anderson HouseCommerce · Queen Anne5.6mi
Commerce City HallCommerce · One-Room Government Building6.3miShady Grove CemeteryDutchtown · Site6.5miHow a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. William Henry and Lilla Luce Harrison House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Kelso?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Kelso’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.