A two-horse-power ferry provided passage across the Columbia River at White Bluffs during the late 1800s

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Many small ferries existed like this one across the Columbia and Snake Rivers, ferries which could be accessed by overland routes like the Kentuck Trail.

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By Thomas Kassa
The first white settlers in the Spokane Valley arrived in the 1860s by a series of pioneer trails coming up from the Snake River Country to the south. Among the most important of these was the Kentuck Trail, which followed traditional native routes…