Editing Marcus, Washington (section)

==History==
[[File:Marcus, Washington (circa 1900).jpg|thumb|left|Marcus, circa 1900]]

Marcus was named for Marcus Oppenheimer who settled in the area in 1863.<ref>{{cite book|last=Meany|first=Edmond S.|title=Origin of Washington geographic names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027074981;view=1up;seq=175|year=1923|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|page=159}}</ref>

Marcus was a supply and transportation base for northward-bound travellers during the [[Big Bend Gold Rush]] of the 1860s in the [[Colony of British Columbia (1858-1866)|Colony of British Columbia]] due to its location just above [[Kettle Falls]], a wall to river navigation. In 1865 the steamboat ''[[Forty-Nine (steamboat)|Forty-Nine]]'' was built at Marcus to attempt the run to [[La Porte, British Columbia|the goldrush boomtown of La Porte]] at the foot of the infamous [[Dalles des Morts]] or "Death Rapids", which were located in the immediate vicinity of the rush and were the upper barrier to river navigation. Regular service from Marcus to La Porte did not begin until 1866 due to difficult winter conditions at the Narrows of the Arrow Lakes on the first attempt in 1865.

Marcus was officially incorporated on October 18, 1910. The original townsite was submerged beneath the waters of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake]] when [[Grand Coulee Dam]] was built.