Fort Colville was a U.S. Army post in the Washington Territory located three miles (5 km) north of current Colville, Washington. During its existence...
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reservation's name is adapted from that of Fort Colville, which was named by British colonists for Andrew Colville, a London governor of the Hudson's Bay...
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the City of Colville. With the planned closure of Fort Colville, businesses and buildings moved to the present location in the Colville River Valley...
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Fort Colville. Captain Pinkney Lugenbeel and his soldiers improved the road to support wagons in June 1859 on their way to build U. S. Fort Colville....
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Colville may refer to: Colville Lake (Northwest Territories), a lake in Northwest Territories Colville Lake, Northwest Territories, a settlement corporation...
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The Fort Walla Walla–Fort Colville Military Road was built in June 1859 to connect the Walla Walla area with its fairly easy access to the Columbia River...
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The Colville people (nselxcin: sx̌ʷýʔłpx), are a Native American people of the Pacific Northwest. The name Colville comes from association with Fort Colville...
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was used to separate the Colville and Spokane tribes on their reservations from the newly established city of Spokane. The fort was last used in 1929 and...
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major operations at the Spokane House were eventually shifted north to Fort Colville, reducing the post's significance. In 1836, Reverend Samuel Parker visited...
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The trade center Fort Colvile (also Fort Colville) was built by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) at Kettle Falls on the Columbia River in 1825 and operated...
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succeeding Fort Sherman was located in the Panama Canal Zone, operated by the U.S. Army from 1911 to 1999. Fort Colville Fort Spokane "Old Fort Sherman at...
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UBC Press. p. 318. ISBN 978-0-7748-0613-8. Retrieved May 11, 2013. "Fort Colville". Nwcouncil.org. Retrieved March 19, 2011. Red River Settlers in Oregon...
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Bibb Fort Bowyer Fort Carney Fort Claiborne Fort Condé, open to the public Fort Crawford Fort Dale Fort Decatur Fort Easley Fort Gaines Fort Glass Fort Hampton...
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Pinkney City (also called Pinkneyville) was a small community outside of Fort Colville (US Army) in what is now Stevens County, Washington. Originally named...
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the Mullan Road continues south along the Fort Walla Walla Fort Colville Military Road to its terminus at Fort Walla Walla near Walla Walla. "National Register...
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1860, Cody was caught up in the "gold fever", with news of gold at Fort Colville and the Holcomb Valley Gold Rush in California. On his way to the goldfields...
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Spokane House, Fort Okanogan and Fort Nez Percés. Fort Colville located further North on the Columbia River replaced Spokane House in 1825. Fort Umpqua was...
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at Fort Walla Walla, W. T.; C at Camp Bidwell, California; G at Fort Boise, L T.; H at Fort Colville, W. T.; I at Camp Halleck, Nevada, and L at Fort Klamath...
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attempts served mainly to intensify hostilities. Gold discoveries near Fort Colville resulted in many miners crossing Yakama lands via Naches Pass, and conflicts...
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California (1853–58) Idaho Gold Rush, near Colville, Washington (1855; also known as the Fort Colville Gold Rush) Gila Placers Rush, New Mexico Territory...
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and Pilcher and one other attempted to reach Fort Colville on the Columbia River. Traders at Fort Colville, then owned by the Hudson's Bay Company, offered...
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Christiansværn Fort Frederik Fort Segarra Fort Willoughby Fortsberg Fort Columbia Fort Colville Fort Dent Fort George Wright Fort Lawton Fort Lewis Fort Nez Percés...
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including Fort Vancouver, Fort George (Astoria), Fort Nisqually, Fort Umpqua, Fort Langley, Fort Colville, Fort Okanogan, Fort Kamloops, Fort Alexandria...
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established in the area, including the long-lived Fort Nez Perce, Fort Colville, Fort Okanogan, and Fort Kamloops. Several more epidemics hit the area with...
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Andrew Colvile (redirect from Colville, Andrew)
Army established a new Fort Colville (two Ls) at Pinkney City, Washington, which was operational till 1882. The city of Colville, Washington was established...
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renovated into a community college. Colville Junior High School was constructed in 1972 and serves grades 6–8. Fort Colville Elementary was constructed in 1982...
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Sinixt (section Colville Confederated Tribes)
speak their own dialect (snsəlxcín) of the Colville-Okanagan language. Today they live primarily on the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington, where...
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area were across the valley to the west of the river near the Fort Walla Walla Fort Colville Military Road. Few came to the east side, where current Valley...
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mission was built near the HBC's Fort Colville, on the bluff then overlooking Kettle Falls on the Columbia River. Fort Spokane was a U.S. Army frontier...
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The Colville River is a 60-mile (100 km) long tributary of the Columbia River in northeastern Washington in the United States. The Colville River begins...
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