Section 13

ID: 4857 ~ Source: Lauren Kuharski ~ Creator: Lauren Kuharski ~ Date: 2017
This file appears in: The Many Names of Cheney, Washington

A bar in downtown Cheney is called Section 13. Named after the one of the town's earliest titles given to it by surveyors for the Northern Pacific Railroad.

This file appears in: The Many Names of Cheney, Washington

By Lauren Kuharski
Cheney has been a gathering place for thousands of years, and people have come up with different names for this spot. Spokane and Coeur d’Alene Native Americans called this place "Yts'piyits'p", which means “worn out, worn out” in…