Silver - Methow, Washington
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flyingmoose
N 48° 18.986 W 120° 03.201
10U E 718448 N 5355667
Located on the northbound side of Methow Valley Highway.
Waymark Code: WM15MHK
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 01/21/2022
Views: 5
Sign Text:
Only Indians and a few trappers and prospectors knew this lovely valley until the Chief Moses Reservation was opened to settlement in 1886. Then homesteaders began arriving. In 1887, near the river, Jim Byrnes started a trading post. This became silver, first town in the Methow Valley. Washed downstream by the flood of '94.' Silver rose again in the field behind this sign-a saloon, blacksmith shop and store with a dance hall above. Here the pioneers gathered for all-night hoedowns-and to welcome the weekly mail from Malott. But other towns were taking over. In 1900 the famous Red Shirt Mine on Pole Lick Mountain gave up the ghost. Four years later, Silver did too.
Marker Name: Silver
Marker Type: Roadside
Town name: Methow
Date marker was placed:
Placer: Okanogan County Historical Society
Related website: Not listed
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