WASHINGTON
Grant County
LIND COULEE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE
Warden vicinity
National Register 1/21/1974
This important archaeological site was one of the first to demonstrate prehistoric occupation in the Columbia Basin. It remains one of the few early period sites to have been found and excavated in an upland as opposed to a riverine setting. Stone and bone artifacts offer evidence of man's hunting of now extinct megafauna such as giant buffalo and elk. The site was first excavated in 1950 and has been excavated again since. The Bureau of Reclamation curates the collections from Lind Coulee at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington .
MESA 36 ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE
Soap Lake vicinity
National Register 12/08/1978
The site consists of midden concentrations and housepit features on a series of well-defined terraces. Radiocarbon dates from one of the housepits indicate that the site was occupied around 1000 A.D. When listed in 1978, the site was described as providing dramatic evidence of the potential archaeological significance of non-riverine areas with the Columbia Plateau. At that time, non-riverine areas were relatively unknown archaeologically.
Okanogan County
CONCONULLY RESERVOIR AND DAM
On
Salmon Creek, vicinity of Conconully
National Register 9/06/1974
Conconully Dam is one of two storage dams built in association with the Okanogan Project, which is among the early irrigation projects constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. The dam is a hydraulic earthfill structure that was constructed between 1907 and 1910. It is significant as the first, and one of only a few, hydraulic fill dams constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. The lake created behind the dam, Conconully Reservoir, covers an area of about 450 acres. When completed, the Okanogan Project provided a dependable water supply to irrigate about 5,000 acres of land.
Stevens County
KETTLE FALLS ARCHEOLOGICAL DISTRICT
Vicinity of Kettle Falls
National Register 11/20/1974
This large archaeological district is now partially submerged beneath the waters of Lake Roosevelt, formed when Grand Coulee Dam was constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. The area around Kettle Falls attracted human occupation over thousands of years because of the abundant salmon runs. Archaeologists have found artifacts dating back 7,000 years, as well as important sites associated with early Euro-American traders and settlers. The district includes prehistoric camp and village sites, fishing locales, and the sites of St. Paul 's Mission and of Fort Colvile, a Hudson's Bay fur trading post. The latter sites both date to the first half of the 19th century. For 30 years, Fort Colvile and St. Paul 's Mission represented the largest European settlement between the Cascade Mountains and the Rockies. The district is located within the Grand Coulee National Recreation Area, managed by the National Park Service. St. Paul 's Mission is maintained by the National Park Service as a visitor destination.
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