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Historic Museum & Research Library

In 1975 the City of Colville entered into an agreement for the Historical Society to manage a piece of property and buildings it had received a decade earlier as a gift from the Keller Family. The terms of the gift more

Keller House

KELLER HOUSE - "Lockwood" The Keller House is a spacious, modified bungalow-style house and an excellent example of the English Craftsman movement. … more...

Historic Colville Indian Agency Cabin

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Nestled away in a small town in far northeastern Washington State is a tiny, yet powerful, log building. It is one of the oldest standing buildings dating more

WHY MUSEUMS

It is the belief of the Stevens County Historical Society that families and communities are strongest and healthiest when their members have deep roots into the community. It doesn’t matter if you are descendants of Native Americans whose history in this area go back over 9,000 years, descendants of “old timers” or are new to the community you must still put down roots.

SCHS believes one of the best ways to establish and nurture those roots is to join your local historical society and if they have a museum visit it often. In the case of SCHS there is a research library in the museum full of historic information as well as historic items from the area.

The museum and library allows both seasoned residents as well as newcomers to easily become familiar with their home’s history and begin putting down or deepening their roots and growing stronger for their efforts.

Mission Statement

This Society is formed exclusively for charitable, educational and literary purposes. These purposes  include such things as to promote, discover, procure, protect, and preserve the natural, civic, literary,  educational, religious, and other related matters of a historical nature. Also included is the management  of these items and their access to the public. These matters are to pertain in priority order to Stevens  County, the State of Washington and to the United States of America.

Area Geology

The geology of the area is what brought people to the area shortly after the ice age. more...