1912 Plat Map
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This 1912 plat map captures Valleyford as it imagined itself. Many of the lots pictured here never did fill in with houses and the town peaked within a decade.
Image courtesy Washington State Archives, Eastern Region Branch.
This file appears in: Rise and Fall of Valleyford
Rise and Fall of Valleyford
The tiny community of Valleyford has a story like many of the small towns of the Palouse. The area was first settled in the 1880s, and Valleyford was incorporated in 1906. The town enjoyed some decades of prosperity and growth before a combination…