Riverside’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Riverside. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Riverside was first settled in the 1880s by Uriah Ward. When steamboats began traveling up the Okanogan River, Riverside was the upstream limit of navigation during the high water season. Riverside was officially incorporated on December 22, 1913. Riverside is one of the few locations in the world where the mineral thulite is found, the others being Mitchell County, North Carolina; Orkland, Norway; and the Otago region of New Zealand.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Riverside’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Riverside’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPost office at Riverside, Washing…, c. 1889: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Riverside
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Riverside, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Riverside is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Riverside has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is US Post Office-Omak Main in Omak, 7.2 miles away.
Riverside and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Post office at Riverside, Washington Terr (c. 1889) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.