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Newport, Washington
A band playing in the gazebo as you enter the city, children skateboarding in the skate park, citizens attending the local movie theater, stopping by the soda fountain and then safely walking home on well lit streets. Remembrances of days gone by? No, this is Newport Washington, a regional treasure north of Spokane just now being discovered by visitors to our nearby rivers, lakes and wilderness areas.
Web site: www.Co.Pend-Oreille.WA.us/Newport.html
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May
Summer Kick Start
Held in late May. Games, sales and events. 509.447.5812
June
Newport Rodeo
Held in late June at the Rodeo Grounds. Parade, rodeo, food, merchandise and craft booths.
July
Newport Bull-A-Rama
Held in mid-July at the Rodeo Grounds. 509.447.4485
September
The End of Summer Blast in Newport & Oldtown
Held in early September. Duck race, street dance, merchant sales and promotions. 509.447.5812
November
A Hometown Christmas
Christmas parade, photos with Santa, merchant events, lots of goodies. 509.447.5812 |
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Pend Oreille County Historical Museum
The museum complex consists of the historic I. & W. N. Depot building built in 1908 which houses the gift shop and displays on the first and second floors. The adjoining Stuart B. Bradley Memorial Building, built with private funds, was dedicated in 1994. The upstairs houses various displays including a military display, the research department, and library. Downstairs is the meeting room, storage, office, and dark room. Also on the grounds are three log cabins, all of which were taken apart at their original locations, logs numbered, and then reconstructed on the museum grounds. They are the Claire Howe Schoolhouse, the Settler's Cabin, and the Hunter's Cabin. The Society also has a replica of a fire lookout constructed using Forest Service blueprints. The equipment shed has numerous displays of tools, farm machinery, a washing machine display, and a logging camp bunkhouse replica. The main exhibit in our railroad display is a Burlington Northern metal caboose. Large farm machinery is located on the grounds. The museum grounds are adjacent to Centennial Plaza where The Big Wheel, a Reynolds Corliss Engine, can be seen from the street. The engine was built in 1909 and ceased operation in 1964. It had powered the various mills that operated in the same location over the years. The Diamond Lumber Corporation donated the wheel to the City of Newport in 1964 and the City recently donated it to the Historical Society. 509.447.5388, www.POCMuseum.org
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