Moxee’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Moxee. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Moxee was first settled by Mortimer Thorp and several French-Canadian farmers who arrived in 1867. A warm spring on the Thorp ranch emitted steam year round and never froze. It was known as "Moxee" by the native people, a Sahaptin word for an edible root, and the name was adopted for the settlement. Over time, the community has been variously known as: "Artesian", "Moksee", "Moxie", "Moxee City", and "Moxee."
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Moxee’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Moxee’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMoxee, Washington, ca. 1918, c. 1918: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Moxee, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Moxee
1 place in Moxee is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Moxee, Washington, ca. 1918 (c. 1918) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.