Editing Entiat, Washington (section)

==History==
Columbia River Chinook Indians settled the Entiat Valley in the 1800s. Chief Shil-how-Saskt (Silico Saska) selected the congruence of the Columbia and Entiat rivers as the place for his camp.

The Albert Long Museum in Entiat opened in 1980, in one of only two buildings (built 1895) that survived the opening of Rocky Reach Dam. It houses historical items from local logging and fruit industries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.entiathistory.com/|title=Entiat Community Historical Society &#124; entiat community history museum &#124; Entiat, WA, USA|website=Albert Long Museum}}</ref>

===First town===
In 1877, Lewis Detwiler, the first white settler, arrived in the Entiat Valley. In 1896, Chief Silico Saska sold the town site of Entiat.  He died in 1903.

This first town site was located approx. half a mile west of the Columbia River, on Entiat River's north side.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.entiatwa.us/your_community/history/first_town.php | title=Welcome to City of Entiat, Washington }}</ref> The first public school was established in Entiat in 1891. In 1895 the first Entiat Post Office was established. The Entiat Power Plant opened for business in 1908. The Keystone Fruit Company opened for business in the valley in 1910. E.P. Murphy began publishing the Entiat Times in 1913, and railroad service began in Entiat in 1914. In 1915 only six businesses survived a fire. The Entiat school opened in 1916 in its current location.

===Second town===
In 1921 a new fire razed First Town, and the second town site of Entiat was secured.

In 1920, the tradition of Numeral Mountain began as High School seniors painted their graduation class number on the Mountainside across the Entiat River from the school.  Entiat was officially incorporated on April 25, 1944.

===Third town===
In 1960, [[Rocky Reach Dam]] was constructed downriver from Entiat; much of the town had to be relocated to higher ground due to the rising waters behind the dam. Most of the original buildings were razed or moved to a location north of the original town. This third town of Entiat was officially open for business in 1961.

The new Entiat Park re-opened for camping on Friday, May 22, 2015, after being closed for over a year.