1918 Influenza

ID: 3994
This file appears in: Rise and Fall of Valleyford

The nationwide 1918 epidemic of influenza did not spare the little town of Valleyford, as revealed in this clipping from an Everett, Washington newspaper.

Image courtesy of Washington State University.

This file appears in: Rise and Fall of Valleyford

By Larry Cebula
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…