Editing East Wenatchee, Washington (section)

===Clovis points discovery===

On May 27, 1987, East Wenatchee became part of archaeological history. On that date, while digging in an orchard just east of the city, farmworkers accidentally discovered a cache of 11,000-year-old [[Clovis point]]s and other artifacts, left there by [[Pleistocene]] hunters. The [[East Wenatchee Clovis Site]], near [[Pangborn Memorial Airport|Pangborn Airport]],<ref>{{cite news |date=May 26, 2007 |title=Clovis site owner not anxious to resume digging |url=https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/clovis-site-owner-not-anxious-to-resume-digging/article_a3b7f46d-6fa9-540f-9842-b7c59964c3ef.html |work=The Wenatchee World |accessdate=March 4, 2024}}</ref> was explored in two subsequent archaeological digs in 1988 and 1990, was closed to science by the landowner after protests by local Native American tribes. The legal moratorium on new archaeological work at the site ended on June 1, 2007.<ref>{{cite news |year=2007 |title=The Clovis Conflict |url=http://clovis.wenatcheeworld.com/ |work=The Wenatchee World |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071130120620/http://clovis.wenatcheeworld.com/ |archive-date=November 30, 2007 |accessdate=March 4, 2024}}</ref>