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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Chesaw, Washington

Chesaw is an unincorporated community in Okanogan County, Washington.

A cabin in Chesaw

Chesaw was named for the Chinese settler Chee Saw, who arrived in the mid-1890s and married a Native American woman. The town sprang up and thrived during a brief gold rush from 1896 to 1900. Chesaw now hosts an annual rodeo held every 4th of July.

A false front building in Chesaw

References

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