As one history, published in 1929, notes, "Orondo was the gateway to the Entiat Valley, and in many respects both places are so inseparably linked that they may be regarded as one community" (Hull, 408). Located west of the Columbia River, north of the Wenatchee River, . Villages were the basic political units of the region's tribes, usually composed of related individuals and essentially autonomous. website accessed June 5, 2020 (https://douglaspud.org/pages/the-orondo-community.aspx); Leo Harker, "Columbia River Bridge," GNGoat website accessed June 8, 2020 (http://www.gngoat.org/columbia_river.htm); Rod Molzahn, "'On the Drift' -- Looking for a Home," The Good Life magazine, Vol. The tribe's original name, Entiatqua, has been translated as both "rapid water" (Meany, 80) and "place of grassy water" (Bright, 145), although the first is most widely accepted. The challenges faced by early settlers struggling to create communities in the wilderness is usually fodder for the most compelling stories about the history of small towns, and Entiat is no different. Aided by irrigation projects, fruit production soon became a primary economic activity. Blog: Blog2 In 1960, Rocky Reach Dam was constructed downriver from Entiat, much of the town had to be relocated to higher ground due to the rising waters behind the dam. Tribal Chiefs Colville Tribes Others soon followed. 1829-1899) representing a confederacy of native groups that included the Entiat. . Thanks to Phyllis - Entiat Community Historical Society - Facebook Last year, we invited Wendell George to join us at the Entiat Museum. (Entiat's last lumber mill operated until 1979.). Many groups lived from Field's Point to the First Creek drain into the lake (now a WA State Park), the Watson's Resort, Granite Falls, Sunnybank drainage, Minneapolis Beach, Laferties Landing or Resort, and the area referred to as Lakeside. "We are from the Entiat tribe, which is one of the 12 tribes making up the Colville Confederated Tribes.
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