The Sharpening Stone - Kettle Falls, WA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member elyob
N 48° 37.827 W 118° 06.468
11U E 418375 N 5386968
The marker is at St Paul's Mission on Lake Roosevelt, west of Kettle Falls.
Waymark Code: WMTCNQ
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 11/02/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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The Sharpening Stone
This grooved boulder was a favorite whetstone used by generations of Indians who camped at the south end of the fishery. Left there by the last glacier, it is made of amphibolite, mote fine-grained than the local bedrock.

The stone has been placed here in the same position in which it was used to sharpen the spear points, knives and other implements used to harvest the salmon.


This historical marker is in St Paul's Mission National Historic Site.

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Marker Name: The Sharpening Stone

Marker Type: Other (please describe in long description)

Town name: Kettle Falls

Placer: National Park Service

Date marker was placed: Not listed

Related website: Not listed

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