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Whether You Come To Kettle Falls For Hunting, Fishing, Traveling, Or Just Visiting Friends And Family, Look No Further Than The Kettle Falls Inn As Your Home Away From Home. It Is With The Arrival Of David Thompson In 1811, That Marks The Beginning Of The White Mans Influence Of The Region. The Area Was The First To Be Settled In The State Of Washington East Of The Cascade Mountains. The Construction Of The Hudsons Bay Company Grist Mill At Meyers Falls Has Been Documented Back As Far As 1826, Although Some Say That It Was As Early As 1816 That Marked The Beginning Of The Settlement Of The Area. The Town Site Of Kettle Falls Was Platted On August 14, 1889, Covering Three 40 Acre Tracts Almost A Mile From The Falls Which The Town Was Named. In 1904, Historians Wrote, Where A Few Months Before There Was Nothing But Gloomy, Sighing Forests, In 1891 Appeared A City There Had Been Many Boom Towns In The West, Especially In Mining Camps, Which Had Sprung Up Luxuriantly And Acquired A Large Population In A Remarkably Short Time. But There Had Never Been Anything In History To Equal The Spontaneity Of This Coltish Town In The Magnificence Of Its Planning And The Elaborateness Of Its Buildings. The Town Prospered Until The Late 1930s When The Construction Of Grand Coulee Dam Forced The Relocation Of The Town, Ending An Era And Quality Of Life For Many. Many Kettle Falls Residents Decided To Relocate Their Homes And Businesses To The Small Community Of Meyer Falls, 4 Miles Away, While Others Relocated To Other Parts Of The Country And State. In 1939, Kettle Falls Merged With The Community Of Meyer Falls Creating The Town Kettle Falls As It Is Today.
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