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Pend Oreille County Historical Museum, Newport, WA

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Pend Oreille County Historical Museum

Volunteer-run county history museum in Newport, Washington, with a 1908 depot, relocated log cabins, and outdoor equipment displays.

402 S. Washington, Newport, WA 99156 · Newport, WA

About Pend Oreille County Historical Museum

This county museum in Newport is run by a volunteer nonprofit historical society. Its complex centers on a 1908 railway depot that holds the gift shop and exhibits across two floors, joined to a newer memorial building that houses military displays and a research library. Visitors can also walk the grounds, which include three log cabins moved from their original sites and rebuilt here, a fire lookout replica, a sawmill, a pioneer church, a railroad caboose, and farm and logging equipment. Nearby, a large historic mill engine called the Big Wheel can be seen from the street. The society also maintains a furnished log house at the county fairgrounds in Cusick, which opens during the county fair.

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