Editing Clarkston, Washington (section)

==History==
[[File:Clarkston, Washington (1918).jpg|thumb|left|Clarkston, 1918]]
Clarkston was first settled in 1862 by Robert Bracken,<ref name=majors>{{Cite book| last = Majors | first = Harry M. | title = Exploring Washington | publisher = Van Winkle Publishing Co | year = 1975 | page = 142 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ| isbn = 978-0-918664-00-6}}</ref> and was officially incorporated on August 14, 1902. Before becoming an official town, the area was known by various names, including Jawbone Flats, Lewiston, and Concord (after [[Concord, Massachusetts]]).<ref>{{cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Phil |date=February 14, 2006 |title=Asotin County — Thumbnail History |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/7643 |work=[[HistoryLink]] |access-date=December 17, 2018}}</ref>

The name Clarkston is a reference to [[William Clark (explorer)|William Clark]], of the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] fame.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA83 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=83}}</ref> Directly east across the Snake River is Lewiston, named for [[Meriwether Lewis]] and the larger and older of the two cities. The&nbsp;expedition passed westbound through the area by canoe in [[Timeline of the Lewis and Clark Expedition#1805|1805]] on October&nbsp;10; neither Lewis nor Clark ever visited the Clarkston side of the river. Eastbound, they returned to the area in early May&nbsp;[[Timeline of the Lewis and Clark Expedition#1806|1806]].