Editing Yacolt, Washington (section)

==History==
Yacolt is derived from the [[Klickitat people|Klickitat]] word "Yahkohtl,"<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hunn |first1=Eugene |title=Anthropological Study of Yakama Tribe: Traditional Resource Harvest Sites West of the Crest of the Cascades Mountains in Washington State and below the Cascades of the Columbia River |date=October 11, 2003 |publisher=University of Washington Dept of Anthropology |page=64 |url=http://faculty.washington.edu/hunn/vitae/Yakam_U_and_A_draft.pdf |access-date=October 21, 2019}}</ref> meaning "haunted place" or "place of (evil) spirits."<ref name=majors>{{Cite book| last = Majors | first = Harry M. | title = Exploring Washington | publisher = Van Winkle Publishing Co | year = 1975 | page = 146 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ| isbn = 978-0-918664-00-6}}</ref> The area was also known as "the valley of lost children".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yacolt -- Thumbnail History|url=https://www.historylink.org/File/9329|access-date=November 27, 2020|website=www.historylink.org}}</ref>  In September 1902 the town, which consisted of only 15 buildings at the time, was nearly destroyed by the [[Yacolt Burn]], the largest fire in state history. Yacolt was rebuilt over time and officially incorporated on July 31, 1908.