Editing White Swan, Washington (section)

==History==
White Swan is an unincorporated community located on the [[Yakama Indian Reservation]], presumably named after Chief White Swan of the [[Yakama Nation|Yakama]]s<ref name=majors>{{Cite book| last = Majors | first = Harry M. | title = Exploring Washington | publisher = Van Winkle Publishing Co | year = 1975 | page = 132 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ| isbn = 978-0-918664-00-6}}</ref> around the start of the 20th century.  The town was on the [[Mount Adams (Washington)|Mt Adams Highway]] (an overland road between [[Yakima, Washington|Yakima]] and [[The Dalles, Oregon|The Dalles]] beginning in the 1850s) between [[Union Gap, Washington|Union Gap]] and [[Fort Simcoe]].  In September 1921, the [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]] opened the Yakima Indian Christian Mission. In 1967, the former childcare facilities of the Mission were leased to the Sundown M Corporation. Using the registered cattle brand of the Mission (from the years it owned cattle), the Sundown M Ranch began serving recovering alcoholics in 1968.<ref>Keith Watkins, ''A Visible Sign of God's Presences: A History of the Yakama Christian Mission'' (Nashville, Polar Star Press, 2009)</ref>  [[Pacific Power & Light Company]] first brought electricity to the community in 1928.  The White Swan Library (a branch of the Yakima Valley Regional library) was established in 1947.  It was moved to a donated facility in 1969 where it stands today.  White Swan is part of the Mt Adams School District #209, and home of White Swan High School.  The town has never been formally incorporated.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.u-s-history.com/wa/w/whiteswa.htm |title=White Swan, Washington (Cities) |website=www.u-s-history.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907063227/http://www.u-s-history.com/wa/w/whiteswa.htm |archive-date=2008-09-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yvrl.org/reference/referencelinks |title=The Yakima Valley Regional Library |website=www.yvrl.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060831222008/http://www.yvrl.org/reference/referencelinks |archive-date=2006-08-31}}</ref>
[[Image:WhiteSwan FortSimcoe Blockhouse.jpg|thumb|right|The Blockhouse at Fort Simcoe dating from around 1858]]