Editing Oroville, Washington (section)

==History==
Oroville was first settled by European settlers in the late 1850s and known as 'rag town.' The settlement was named Oro, after the Spanish word for [[gold]], in 1892 after the surrounding gold mines and in an attempt to attract prospectors and merchants. The Post Office objected to the name "Oro" because a town was already named "[[Oso, Washington|Oso]]" in Washington, so the name was changed to Oroville,<ref>Gulick, Bill. ''A Traveler's History of Washington.'' Caxton Press, 1996. {{ISBN|0-87004-371-4}}. p. 340</ref> in 1909. Oroville was a stop along the [[Spokane Falls and Northern Railway]] line from British Columbia to Spokane, via Molson and Chesaw. In 1914 a third branch south to [[Wenatchee]] was constructed to avoid the steep inclines on the original Spokane track.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/RailwayAge1914GreatNorthernLineFromOrovilleToWenatchee/mode/2up | title=Railway Age 1914 Vol 57 Great Northern Line from Oroville to Wenatchee | date=July 31, 1914 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gngoat.org/southern_bc.htm | title=GN in Southern BC }}</ref>

Passenger train service to Oroville was operated by the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]] until July 14, 1953, with freight operations continuing later.<ref>{{cite news |last=Barta |first=Linda |date=March 13, 2014 |title=Old news: Last run for passenger train |url=https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/old-news-last-run-for-passenger-train/article_cd2624c0-8b7c-5b86-9c61-3d651cf0f9f6.html |work=[[The Wenatchee World]] |access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref>

Oroville started to become a tourist location in the mid-2000s, large condo developments were proposed. After peaking in 2005–07, the city’s economy has suffered since the Great Recession of 2008. Oroville is home to the [[Dorothy Scott Airport]], an international municipal airport with U.S. Customs check, located two miles outside of the town center. The airport opened in August 1937.<ref name=airnav>{{cite web |url=http://www.airnav.com/airport/0S7 |title=Dorothy Scott Airport |publisher=AirNav |access-date=November 17, 2012}}</ref><ref name=basic>{{cite web |title=Airport Identification Information |url=http://wsdot.wa.gov/aviation/planning/systemplan/conditionassessment/ReportViewer.aspx |publisher=[[Washington (state)|Washington]] |access-date=November 17, 2012}}</ref>