Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-08
NEMORASDrM OF WASHINGTON NJ
COUNTIES.


ssS- Game and fish abundant. Chief,
Government and railroad lands. Popu
isflon. 32l; MoEtesano, county seat; Co
darvllle, Chehalis City and Satsop. 9th
er principal towns.
Ciallam County, Western Washington
Area, ai50 square miles. Mountain!
covered with forests of fir, cedar and
nemiock. Considerable good grains
land. River bottoms rich, but oovere<
with thick growth of vine-maple, AIDE
and mr.. Game and fish plentiful. Pop
uiation- 63e; Port Angeles, New Dun
geness and Neah Bay, largest towns.
Clarke County, Western Washington
Area, US square miles. Rolling timber
ed lands, forest covered mountains
with considerable openings, which may
be reclaimed for cultivation. Vegetables
grains and fruits grow abundantly
Stock does we'll: climate mild and
moist. Population. $3.50; Vancouver.
county seat.
Columbia County, Eastern Washing.
ton. Area, 1000 square miles. Elevated
rolling. generally timberless, rich fol
grazing or farming; watered by Touchet
Tucanuon and Pataha rivers. Climate
pleasant and healthy. Owned by Gov.
eminent and railroad. Over half mil.
lion acres OF wheat land open for settle
nent. Population. 7lO3. Dayton, coun-
ty seat. Naitsburg, Pataha, Marengo
and Huntsville, growing towns.
Cowlitz County, Western Washington.
Area, lN0 square miles. Diversified sur
face. Valley of the COwlitz, second in
Importance to the Chohalis; 26, 900 acres
under cultivation; about half surveyed
Much vacant Government and railroad
land. Traversed by Northern Pacific
railroad. Population, 2O62; Kalama,
county seat; Freeport and Oak Point,
other most important places.
Garfield County. Eastern Washington.
Formed from Columbia County in 1881.
Island County, Western Washington.
Area, 30 square miles. Composed of
WILDLY and Camano Islands. The for
mer contains ZOO acres, chiefly Gov
cred with fir and cedar of large growth.
Population, 1887; Coupeville, county
ssat; Cleveland and Utsalady, other
towns. Extensive sawmHl at latter
place.
Jefferson County, Western Washing
ton. Area, 300 square miles. Diversi-
fed surface; mountains and forests, val
leys and river bottoms. Resources
lumber, iron, farm and dairy products,
and fishing. Much unexplorsd country.
Population, 17i2; Port Townsend. coun-
ty seat: Ports Ludlow and Discovery.
lumber manufacturingtOwns.
King County, Western Washington.
Area. 1890 square miles. Mountains and
forests cover most of the surface, though
it is estimated to contain 10000 acres
Of arabic land. There are extensive
fields of coal and iron. The manufac-
ture OF lumber and export ton of coal
are the present most important indus
tries. Population, 69lO; Seattle, county
seat. population, about 1000. Newcastle,
RentOn, Duwamish. White River, Sno-
qualmie and Slaughter, other towns.
Kitsap County, Western Washington.
Comprising a peninsula with 30 miles
shore line on Admiralty Inlet, and 80 on
Hoods Canal, and the islands Of Balm
bridge and Blake. Area. $40 square
miles; covered with dense forests Of DIR,
cedar and hemlook. Contains the great
lumber manufacturing points of PORTS
Gamble, Madison. Blakely and Seabeck.
Population. 1870.
Klickitat County. Eastern Washing
ton. Area, 20SS miles. Diversified sur
face. Embraces large area of the most
desira BILE agricultural and grazing lands
in the Territory. klickitat valley is
about thirty miles long and twenty wide
rich, and well watered. One and a
quarter million acres surveyed, Of which
about three and quarter are still open
to settlement. Population, 1857; Gold
endaIe. county seat: klickitat City and
Columbia. thriving towns.
Lewis County, Western Washington.
Area. $500 square miles. Diversified
surface. Mountain ridges, heavily wood
ed with fir. cedar, maple and dOgwOOd.
Population, 1858; Centervillc, county
seat. Oiequa, EOistfort, COwlitZ. Cla-
quato, Little Falls, and Winlock, other
towns.
Mason County, Western Washington.
Area, 800 square miles. Very mountai-
nous and rugged. Some agricultural
lands on SkOkOmish and other streams.
Stock raisirg and logging principal pur-
suits. Population. $50; Oakland. county
seat; Arcadia, Skokomish and Union
City, ether towns.
Pacific County, Western Washington.
Area, $50 square miles; diversified sur
face; ndustries-farmingl lands ON bot
toms of Willopah, Nasal and other riv-
ers. Lumber, fish and oysters chief ex-
portations. Population, 1864; Willopah,
Bridgeport and IlwacO, principal settle
ments, the latter fayOrite watering
place.
Pierce County, Western Washington.
Area, 1900 square miles. Diversified sur
face. The valleys of the Puyallup. Mis-
qualify and other streams comprise a
large area of rich farming lands. Very
extensive coal fields along base of Cas-
cade Mountains; coal mining, lumber
and hop-growing, chief pursuits. New
Tacoma, county seat; Puyallup, Carlo
nado. Wilkeson. Steilacoom, Franklin,
Nisqually and Sumner, other principal
towns.
San Juan County. Western Washing
ton. Composed of the San Juan, Oroas.
Shaw, Lopez, Stewart, Guemas, Decatur,
and other smaller islands, having an ag-
'gregate area of go square miles. Sur
face mainly mountainous and rocky,
better adapted to grazing than farming,
Population, 9iS: San Juan, county seat
the manufacture Of lime an important
industry on the island. Game and fish
most abundant: soil fertile, climate
mild and healthful.
Skamania County, Western Washing.
ton. Area, 200 square miles; surface
chiefly mountainous and covered with
dense forests; lands available for settl o
ment mostly occupied. Large quantities
Of cordwood are cut along the C0lumbia
river. Upper and Lower Cascades prin.
cipal towns, the latter the county seat.
Snohomish County, Western Wash.
ington. Area, 1000 square miles; diver.
sifisd surface, densely covered with I'll
and cedar: extensive tracts Of marsh and
tide lands, numbering chief industry
hop growing quite extensively engaged
in; considerable good farming land I'M
der CIVILIZATIONS; quartz and placer mines
on Skykon,ish river. Population 1861
Snohomish City, county seat. A salmon
cannery Mt Mukilteo.
Spokane County, Eastern Washington,
embrscesc the great plateau of tho Up
per Columbia and spokane Plains, an
immense area well adapted TO both gra-
zing and agriculture; well wAtered By
both streams and lakes; very extensive
water-power at Spokane Falls. Popula
ton. l2C4; principal towns, Spokane
Falls and Cheney, the latter the county