Newport, Usk and the Kalispel Indian Reservation
Washington: Newport, Usk
and the Kalispel Indian Reservation near Usk, Washington
July 2, 2007.
We are staying in Hi
De Ho RV Park, in Sandpoint/Ponderay,
Idaho $32.40 gravel interior roads, FHU including cable and
wifi. This is an OK RV Park, but possibly your best bet when staying
in the Sandpoint
area.
Kalispel Indian Reservation near Usk, Washington
From Priest River we continued west on US 2 to Newport, Washington
where we turned north on SR 20 to the small town of Usk an old lumber
town. In Usk we drove across the river to the Kalispel
Indian Reservation looking for their buffalo herd that we
quickly located when we turned north as soon as we got on the east
side of the Pend Oreille River and found the buffalo herd about 2-miles
north of the bridge.
Kalispel Indian buffalo herd Usk, Washington
We located the Kalispel
Indian Reservation buffalo herd between the road and the river.
Pend Oreille River near Usk, Washington
These pilings in the Pend Oreille River are left over reminders of
the old days when logs were floated down the river to the mill in
Usk,
Washington then held in place with these pilings.
Saw mill steam engine on display in Newport, Washington
From
Usk, Washington we turned around and retraced our route.
We stopped on the Washington,
Idaho border in the town of Newport another old lumber town.
This "Big Wheel" is part of of the Corliss Steam Engine
that once ran a big lumber mill. The engine was a 478 horsepower steam
engine operating on 120LBS.P.S.I of steam pressure. The engine weighs
in at 63,000 pounds with a 22-inch cylinder and 42-inch stroke.
The wheel is 16-feet in diameter and turned at 100 RPM. It weighs
20,000 pounds and has a 42-inch face.
The "Big Wheel" was manufactured by Allis Chalmers in 1909
and operated continuously at the Fidelity Lumber Company for 55-years,
cutting over 1-Billion board feet of lumber.
It has been on display outside the Newport Museum in Newport,
Washington since 1965.
Smaller steam engine on display at Newport, Washington
This is another steam engine on display at the Newport,
Washington Museum.
There have been many great explorers on the North American continent.
David Thompson, born in 1770, is one of them. In 1808, while working
from the Northwest Fur Company, he crossed into present day Idaho
and in 1809 built the Kullyspell
House on Pend Oreille Lake (the first structure built in Idaho)
a few miles east of Hope.
He is the first known white visitor to the Pend Oreille region. Keep
in mind that Thompson was exploring this area for the Northwest Fur
Company just two years after Lewis and Clarks Corps of Discovery returned
to the eastern United States completing their epic journey. Thompson
explored along the Pend Oreille River to a point near Tiger, Washington
and is one of this areas heroes.
Until next time remember how good life is.
Mike & Joyce Hendrix
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