Chesaw, Washington

A cabin in Chesaw

A False Front building in Chesaw

A side view of a False Front building in Chesaw

Chesaw is a ghost town in Okanogan County, Washington.^[1] Chesaw was named for the Chinese settler Chee Saw, who arrived in the mid-1890s and married a Native American woman.^[2] The town sprang up and thrived during a brief gold rush from 1896 to 1900.^[2] Chesaw now hosts a popular annual rodeo held every 4th of July

Notes and references

↑ "Chesaw". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
1 2 Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6.

Municipalities and communities of Okanogan County, Washington, United States

County seat: Okanogan

Cities	Brewster Okanogan Omak Oroville Pateros Tonasket

Towns	Conconully Coulee Dam‡ Elmer City Nespelem Riverside Twisp Winthrop

CDPs	Disautel Loomis Malott Methow Nespelem Community North Omak

Unincorporated communities	Aeneas Azwell Carlton Ellisford Havillah Mazama Monse Nighthawk Olema Rocky Butte Synarep Wauconda

Indian reservation	Colville Indian Reservation‡

Ghost towns	Bodie Chesaw Golden Molson Loop Loop

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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