History

Where we have been is an indicator of where we will go. Besides that, history is just plain interesting. If you like these, check out the Cowlitz County Historical Museum, where these photographs are being preserved for future generations.

A Cowlitz County crew uses an early tracked tractor to pull a grading machine that appears to still be set up for horses.

Cowlitz County crews paving a local road.

This is believed to be a early Cowlitz County road.

Highway construction near Stella/Germany Creek.

Photo of Kelso taken during the 1933 flood in which the Coweeman River dikes failed, flooding Kelso.

Newly constructed dike protecting the Longview area. Looking up the Columbia River with the Industrial area in the background.