Kosmos (historical) Lewis County, Washington
Mapped Location
Kosmos (historical): The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Kosmos (historical)
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Kosmos (historical)
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Kosmos (historical) | Official |
Related Catalog Titles
A Bibliography for Kosmos (historical), Lewis County, Washington
From homestead to lakebed Kosmos, The Town That Drowned by LaVonne M. Sparkman
Authored by LaVonne M. Sparkman, From Homestead to Lakebed: Kosmos—The Town that Drowned chronicles the rise and deliberate inundation of Kosmos, a small logging and milling community in Washington State that was wiped off the map to make way for the Mayfield Dam. The book utilizes historical records, photographs, and accounts from former residents to trace how a thriving early-twentieth-century industrial settlement was systematically dismantled, evacuated, and submerged beneath the Cowlitz River. Through these local archives, the text preserves the poignant human cost of hydroelectric progress on rural Pacific Northwest ecosystems and neighborhoods. A keen insight drawn from the work is how corporate and state infrastructure projects treat localized working-class history as entirely disposable collateral; by documenting how a self-sustaining town was erased by utility planning, the narrative underscores how modern energy demands have repeatedly required the literal burial of regional heritage.
viii, 242 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm
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Lewis County
- Adna
- Ajlune
- Alpha
- Alta Vista
- Berry Patch
- Blakeslee Junction
- Boistfort
- Bremer
- Bunker
- Carlson
- City of Centralia
- Ceres
- City of Chehalis
- Cinebar
- Cispus
- Claquato
- Cora
- Cowlitz
- Crego (historical)
- Curtis
- Doty
- Dryad
- Ethel
- Evaline
- Fayette
- Fords Prairie
- Forest
- Galvin
- Glenoma
- Harmony
- Klaber
- Klaus
- Kopiah
- Kosmos (historical)
- Lacamas
- Lindberg (historical)
- Littell
- Marys Corner
- Mayfield
- Mays (historical)
- McCormick
- Meskill
- Millburn
- Mineral
- City of Morton
- City of Mossyrock
- Murnen
- City of Napavine
- Nesika
- Newaukum
- Nulls Crossing
- Onalaska
- Oxley
- Packwood
- Town of Pe Ell
- Phillips
- Randle
- Reynolds (historical)
- Riffe (historical)
- Ruth
- Saint Urban
- Salkum
- Siler
- Silver Brook
- Silver Creek
- Swofford
- City of Toledo
- City of Vader
- Vance (not official)
- Wabash
- Walville
- Wildwood
- Wilson
- City of Winlock
- Winston
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Last updated: 2016-10-01