Kelso’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Kelso. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The earliest known inhabitants of the area were the Cowlitz people, part of the Sahaptin and Salish people. About 6,000 Cowlitz were living in longhouses in villages along the Cowlitz River in 1855. The Cowlitz Tribe met with others at the Chehalis River Treaty Council in 1855 and declined to sign a treaty with the Washington Territory which would have required them to move away to a reservation. Many remained in the area until the tribe received federal recognition: its current headquarters is in nearby Longview.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Kelso’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kelso’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1939. Forest tent caterpillar (Ma…, 1939: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Kelso, decade by decade
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1939. Forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria) larvae on highway fence. Kelso, Washington (1939) and it appears here side by side.
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National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.