Pend Oreille County
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Pend Oreille County is located in the far Northeast corner of Washington State. It was formed from the eastern portion
of Stevens County on Mar 1, 1911. It is bounded on the
west by Stevens County; on the south by Spokane County; on the east by Idaho; and on the north by British Columbia. "The
name is that which was given to the local Indians by French-Canadians who worked for early fur traders in this area. A
literal translation would be 'hanging ears.' Many natives wore ear ornaments in earlier periods, so it is probable that
their ear lobes were distended." (from Washington Place Names
Database at the Tacoma Public Library)
If you are looking for ancestors who may have resided in Pend Oreille County before 1911, be sure to check the Stevens County GenWeb page for possible assistance, especially the biographies posted from "History of North Washington" published in 1904. And if you have any information to share about Pend Oreille County, please contact me. |
If you are interested in becoming a WAGenWeb County Coordinator, please contact the State Coordinator, Mike Sweeney for more information.
The WaGenWeb now has a Google search engine on the WAGenWeb state page that covers all Washington county sites. Try it out!
A new resource to check out! "Crossroads on the Columbia" is a Preserve America Project, digitizing and archiving previously unavailable resources. Most records pertain to Stevens County, but since Pend Oreille was originally part of Stevens, it is worth a look. Be sure to check out both parts of this project. Crossroads Project tells about the project with links to lots of interesting material. Crossroads Project Arhcive - this is where you can search the items that have been indexed and see the images that have been posted.
Tiger Thumb Prints
- small biographies of people who knew the Tiger area
- a list of local histories published about Pend Oreille County
Washington Antique Maps & Atlases with links
Newport Miner
- search existing issues from 1907 - 1922 at the Library of Congress
Newspaper Articles - read newspaper articles with historical Pend Oreille connections
Washington Digital Newspapers at the Washington State Library
- now online courtesy of NeWGS and the Preserve America Project in eight pdf files (at the bottom of the page)
U.S. Post Offices listed by state and county
- school census records for Tiger area
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