Welcome to Deer Park - WA
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N 47° 56.497 W 117° 28.554
11T E 464460 N 5309921
Deer Park took its roots in 1889 when William H. Short and George Crawford set up a portable sawmill in a thickly timbered area north of Spokane. The mill would exist for 81 years, with its first permanent structure erected in 1892.
Waymark Code: WM8B2X
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 03/04/2010
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The area was heavily wooded and had an abundance of whitetail deer. Railroad workers dubbed the site a veritable "deer park."
Deer Park was officially incorporated as a city on June 24, 1908.
There is also a geo-cache located here: "Welcome to Deer Park" GC24K7K