West — Site filing

Sites with a file in Washington

Washington carries 18 dossiers under this filing — places the record keeps even where the classification stays broad. The documented past sits on one side of each file, the reported present on the other. Claims are logged as claims; the archive does not certify the ground.

18 dossiers0 counties covered100% open to visitorsSan Juan Island — deepest file

Also filed under site:Hawaii44 Michigan39 Arizona39 Wyoming30 Illinois30 Oregon22 Pennsylvania20 West Virginia20

Other Washington filings:Ghost towns11 Towns9 Hotels3 Theaters3

San Juan Island

Friday Harbor, Washington

The Pig War island—where the Americans and British faced off.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Fort Casey

Coupeville, Washington

The 1901 fort—where the disappearing guns still point at the strait.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Fort Flagler

Nordland, Washington

The 1897 fort—where the mortars hid in the woods.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Grand Coulee Dam

Coulee Dam, Washington

The 1942 dam—the largest concrete structure in America.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Ohanapecosh

Packwood, Washington

The hot springs—where the Indians camped and the tourists followed.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Manito Park

Spokane, Washington

The 1904 park—where the lilacs and the ghosts bloom.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Yakima Lights

Yakima, Washington

The reservation lights studied by J. Allen Hynek.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Whitman Mission

Walla Walla, Washington

November 29, 1847—the mission where the massacre ended the Cayuse mission.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Seattle Underground

Seattle, Washington

The buried city under Pioneer Square—where the tours descend.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Centralia Armistice site

Centralia, Washington

November 11, 1919—the Legionnaires and the Wobblies.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Everett massacre site

Everett, Washington

November 5, 1916—the dock where the shingle weavers died.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Vancouver

Vancouver, Washington

The 1825 fort—where the Hudson’s Bay Company ruled the Columbia.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Cape Disappointment

Ilwaco, Washington

The 1856 lighthouse—where the bar takes the ships.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Ridgefield / Cathlapotle

Ridgefield, Washington

The plankhouse village—where Lewis and Clark met the Chinook.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Dry Falls

Coulee City, Washington

The ice-age falls—where the world’s biggest waterfall ran dry.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Palouse Falls

Washtucna, Washington

The 198-foot falls—where the Palouse cuts the scabland.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Ginkgo Petrified Forest

Vantage, Washington

The petrified forest—where the ginkgos turned to stone.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Mel’s Hole

Ellensburg, Washington

The "bottomless" hole of the Art Bell legend.

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