Chesaw, Washington

Chesaw is a ghost town in Okanogan County, Washington. Chesaw was named for the Chinese settler Chee Saw, who arrived in the mid-1890s and married a Native American woman.[1] The town sprang up and thrived during a brief gold rush from 1896 to 1900.[1]

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 49. ISBN 9780918664006. http://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ.