The History Of Okanogan Washington

The 1,706,000-acre Okanogan National Forest
Includes The Pasayten And Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness

A number of native Indian tribes lived here long before the first white settlers. The 700,000-acre Colville Indian Reservation is within the county and remains an integral part of the area. Okanogan was named for an Indian term that means "rendezvous."

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The first settlers came here for furs, shortly thereafter gold and silver were discovered. The first area orchard was planted in 1858.

The town of Okanogan began as a trading post
near the mouth of Salmon Creek by Frank "Pard" Cummings in 1886 when
the Chief Moses Indian Reservation was thrown open to white settlement.

Okanogan was originally named Alma for Alma Kahlow, the daughter of a Prussian farmer. The town's name was changed to Okanogan in 1907.

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