Editing Okanogan, Washington (section)

==History==
[[Image:Okanogan County Courthouse 01.jpg|thumb|left|Okanogan County Courthouse, Okanogan, Washington]]
Okanogan was officially incorporated on October 29, 1907.

A pair of 115 year old {{cvt|60|ft|m|}} long murals<ref name="CNNmural">{{cite news |last1=Smart |first1=Sara |date=27 January 2022 |title=A couple renovating a 115-year-old building discovered two 60-foot-long hidden murals |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/couple-discover-murals-during-renovation-trnd/index.html |access-date=29 January 2022 |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref>  were discovered during renovation of a 1907 commercial building in January 2022.  The murals were initially tentatively attributed to Western photographer [[Frank S. Matsura]] as the building had been used as a theater several times and Matsura had played in the Okanogan County Band on stage there.<ref name="krem2mural">{{cite news |last1=Perez |first1=Brianda |date=25 January 2022 |title=Couple finds 60-foot secret mural hidden on walls of Okanogan building |url=https://www.krem.com/article/news/history/okanogan-couple-finds-hidden-mural/293-aa6b8b8d-4f4f-4ce9-aba1-f725a08204db |access-date=29 January 2022 |work=[[KREM (TV)|KREM2]] |publisher=}}</ref>  The mural is painted on canvases split between the north and south walls, and a 1915 newspaper clipping found by the Okanogan County Historical Society provided coverage of plans for the murals. Then the Hub Theater, the building was planned to incorporate panoramic scenery murals in tans painted by a local artist.<ref name="CNNmural"/> further investigation lead to attribution of the murals to a [[Wenatchee, Washington|Wenatchee]] painter W.J. McConnon.<ref name="krem2muralFEB">{{cite news |last=Somers |first1=Dave |last2=Perez |first2=Brianda |date=February 3, 2022 |title=Couple that found hidden historical mural in Okanogan building shares renovation plans |url=https://www.krem.com/article/news/history/couple-that-found-hidden-historical-mural-okanogan-building-shares-renovation-plans/293-593c057d-e906-44b6-9411-5cbee46ba847 |access-date=February 20, 2024 |work=[[KREM (TV)|KREM2]] |publisher=}}</ref>  The owners planned to take the murals down for restoration before rehanging them as the centerpiece of a historical exhibit.<ref name="CNNmural"/>