Stevens County

Historical Society, Inc.

a Private Non-profit Organization est. in 1903

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Mics Photo Collection Drone Collection Historic Cabin and Restoration Museum Gallery

Colville Water Line

Benches at the Agency Cabin

Miner’s Cabin and dynamite shack

Allen Camp - Valley Washington

Black Jack Cabin

When the curator starts a new display

flowers on the back side of the Keller House

West side of Agency Cabin lawn looking north.

Blooming Flowers

getting ready for christmas

Volunteers re-installing doors and windows at the Indian Agency Cabin

mannequin parts

2021 View of cabin with clinking and sealing done

Falls at Kettle Falls

blacksmith's wheel

1909 parade in Colville

spirit of Stevens County

Anna Keller’s Piano

'steam vent' to vent steam so your pie crust wouldn't get soggy

Historic Colville Indian Agency with porch removed

various pine boughs

Beautiful morning!

Model Keller House

Visitor at Music Box

benches - contributed and installed by the BoyScouts

Dietrick display

View of Graves Mt. Lookout

Flowers on a stick

cuff and collar holder

I asked him to smile but he went with the stoic look

kettle falls 4x6

Graves Mt. Lookout

soapstone and was used as a heating pad for feet and beds

Girl Scout Dress with sash and badges

Hixson Castle with Grave Mt. Lookout

Decker & Son Piano

Historic photo of Colville Indian Agency

Brannock Device

close up treadle engraving machine

Hudson Bay Company’s Fort Colvile (note the difference spelling of Colvile)

University of Idaho checking dendrochronology at McCrea Cabin

Braille Typewriter

Hixson Castle and Gnomes

Heritage Park Flowers

1905 Stevens County Courthouse

Fort Colville Monument

Tshimakain Monument at Ford

late-1890s dust bellow

Keller House view

Piano - back side

Indian camp at Kettle Falls

Keller House Dining

Evening Dress Display

small gauge or mining type

Winter is approaching

Richardson, Dwight; Lowe, Al; Miller, Cary, W; Monroe, John; Bullard, Frank;

Plate - Gifford WA

Display of Dresses

Keller House at Christmas

Marian Garvey addition announcement

Model Keller House - Front View

mushroom - used to hold a sock in place

Fall view of museum entrance

View south from the Graves Mt. Lookout

Valley Washington - 1911

Educational Board

glove stretchers

U. S. Postal Service mailbag

HIxson Castle wintertime

Homestead Cabin Interior

Ray Kresek visiting his Smokey Bear exhibit

Dominion Stages passing in mountain

Keller House - young visitors

Hixon's Castle w/ Graves Mt. Lookout

Cleveland Mine near Blue Creek - 1899 - 1900

There's more to Smokey than just a costume

Keller House with Visitors

Original square wood joints

early coat hanger

View of Lookout Tower and Carriage House

projecting microscope

View of the back side of the Indian Agency Cabin

Entering Heritage Park

beautiful dresses on display

french fry cutter

St Paul Mission

Historic Colville Indian Agency with porch removed

Old town in Stevens County (I think this is Hunters)

Repairing inner tubes - Early Ford Vehicles

West side of cabin with windows put back in.

Calendar Plate - Colville WA 2

Christmas tree and Santa

1845 Geyer drawing of Tshimakain Mission

Demorest Prohibition Medal

Daguerreotype . Framed in gold

Entrance to Museum

Keller House and flowers

Soap or butter mold

lace bobbin, with spangles at its base to stop it rolling about on a lace pillow

Trees removed at Agency Cabin

fake tree is always festive

View of Graves Mountain Lookout Tower

View from near the base of the Lookout Tower.

High above the lookout tower and museum grounds

flower vase for on an antique buggy or carriage

backside metal clip

cast-iron crimping - fluting tool

Old Marcus 1911

a treadle engraving machine

Lights at Agency Cabin

Keller House visitor

Beautiful day today

Underwood Typewriter Company Enameled Metal Expert Typist Award Pins

Lower museum grounds

View of the Colville Valley

Candle holders to clip onto a christmas tree

1897 Smith Premier Typewriter No. 2

Graves Mt. Lookout in the spring

Boardman and Gray Piano

four string banjo 2

Heritage Park grounds

Keller House view

Model Keller House - Side View

pottery piece 2

used to measure fabric in a retail store

We aren't sure if the deer are clumsy or they really don't like the gnomes

Ray Kresek looking at the Smokey Bear exhibits

BSA. Order of the Arrow

Historic Colville Indian Agency Photograph

Women's Christian Temperance Union pin

hardware presentation

intended to moisten packing tape.

Restoration at the Indian Agency Cabin

Painting in the Learning Center has begun.

Homstead Cabin Interior

Quilt fundraiser for Historic Colville Indian Agency restoration

Dresses on display

light reflector for doctors

LaSota Mill Bunkhouse

cornhusker, i.e. used for removing corn from its cob.

expandable cup - open

Christmas is coming!

early wall mounted telephone

View of museum and lookout tower

Historic Colville Indian Agency raised

Local residents enjoying Memorial Day Sunday at the Keller House

first buttercups of the season

mannequins everywhere

early eye cup used to put medicine or saline solutions into the eye

Hixson Castle and Gnomes 2

Christmas sunshine at the Keller House

grapefruit slicer

used to load shot into a gun

Happy Birthday Smokey

Dresses on display 4

Brewster Ferry at Gerome

Anna Keller’s Piano

two dresses modeled after wedding dresses

Keller House reindeer

hand-held cream separator

Chicken Quillotine

Hixson Castles and Lookout

Side view Keller House at Christmas

1916 Colville Band on Main Street

Ace lightbulb fixer

Calendar Plate - St. Louis MO

Harvey Hospital, 1905

Street side of the cabin after windows put back in.

four string banjo

Keller House Spring

Historic photo of St Paul Mission

Another gorgeous day

View south-west from the Graves Mt. Lookout

Dresses on display 2

Pig Hair Scraper

cat calendar 1912

HIxson Castle winter

Chrismas is coming!

Flowers in the garden

Trappers Cabin view

Phonograph - record player needle

Graves Mt. Lookout - Winter

Some of our local wildlife

Multi-use barrel

Educational Board letters

Aerial View of Kettle Falls before Grand Coulee Dam

Clayton Photo Gallery: Bird's Eye View of Clayton Washington

Kettle Falls 1910

Wooden Holder - Side view

Post Office Mural

Dresses on display 3

Beautiful Fall colors!

One of the first fire extinguishers

Work to be done on lawn

Piano - side view

Even the flowers are excited

Cream separator discs

bank teller coin tray and dispenser

Keller House Flowers

Colville Photo Collection: Group of Women who made Bandages and Dressings during WW1

Antique Brass Rope Splicer Splicing Tool

Early piece - Bottom View

Hemming bird - Sewing bird

Rouse Lead and Rule cutter

Homestead Cabin

Dedication of HBC Fort Colville monument

Agency Cabin lights and apple tree

The rain is doing wonders for the flowers.

The national federation of business & professional women's club, inc.

Beautiful Green Dress

Harness Rein Spreaders

suppository maker

fancy men's garter

Is it christmas already?

Volunteers reinstalling windows at Indian Agency Cabin

2012 War Monument Rededication

manual carpet sweeper

Decker & Son Piano - Full size

Early telephone

Trappers Cabin relocated

Did you know we have a small store at the museum

Hixson Castles and Graves Mt. Lookout

We're here to help

A view of the Lookout Tower.

View of north side of Agency Cabin grounds

used for planting seeds into the ground

shoehorn made out of an animal's horn

Fort Colville US No. 2 Fort Colville drawing

Working Music Box

view of colville

View north from the Graves Mt. Lookout

Flowers keep getting prettier each day

Indian Paintings on Deadman Rock - Tum Tum Washington

Another gorgeous day at the museum

Piano - Inner Workings

Gray Newark Plate - Marcus WA

Used for reloading shot gun shells

Handicap Parking

Another view of the Keller House

the Keller House awaits your visit

barbed wire puller

We welcome all visitors

Musical piece - close up

Display Dresses

Majestic Keller House

Charles working on leather.

wooden and metal wheelchair

kerosene egg incubator

Card catalog from the Coliville library

Law Enforcement Medal of Honor

laundry agitator

University of Idaho Professor Harley Grant and his students recreating the historic pose at the cabin

Calendar Plate - Ferdinand ID

Agency Cabin Restored Porch

milking hobbles

Colville Fire Department

Paul Kane drawing of Indians at Kettle Falls

Keller House Spring Bouquet

Native American multi-use weight

beautiful collection

Museum hours (May 1 thru Sep 30)

At Eastern Washington University, Lucy Covington is honored. We also proudly display photos of her in our museum.

Smokey Bear - Full Size

Keller House - winter

toothpick holder

Agency Cabin’s new floor

Graves Mountain Lookout

Quillasascut Grange Drill Team

Keller House with porch flowers

old, odd and often overlooked

Drone view of the museum grounds

World War I draftees

A beautiful Fourth of July

Flowers and Well

Straw for drinking herbal tea

Restored wall section at Agency Cabin.

the tour has started

Stannus Keller Hardware

Used to force medicine down a sheep's throat

Chinese tea brick

St Paul Mission

Keller Heritage Center grounds

One of the newest members of our society

Valley Washington - 1911

Heritage Park memorial

Trappers Cabin - new stairs

very vintage bowling ball

Boyscout shirt and honors

Colville Leader Store wagon

Agency Cabin with support for roof

Keller House Dining Room

More Smokey Bling

Fort Colville US No. 2 Fort Colville drawing

full sized metal clip

Laundry scrubbing board and musical instrument for a jug band

Graves Mountain Lookout

Boyscout backpack and assorted honors and badges

the plants are showing off.

Salvation Army uniform

Necklace and pins

Keller House at Christmas

View of the Agency Cabin and porch

Spice Chest Radio

View of flower, trapper’s cabin and dynamite shack

turkeys on parade

fleams for bleeding cattle

Calendar Plate - Colville WA

Smokey relaxing

doll collection

Volunteers working at Indian Agency Cabin

Saw Tooth Setter Swage Tool

Anna Keller's piano

beak guards to keep a chicken from pecking