Riffe (historical) Lewis County, Washington
Mapped Location
Riffe (historical): The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Riffe (historical)
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Riffe (historical)
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Riffe (historical) | Official |
Related Catalog Titles
A Bibliography for Riffe (historical), Lewis County, Washington
Stories from Riffe, Wash. by Buddy Rose
IN EARLY 1968, the gates of City of Tacoma's Mossyrock Dam on the Cowlitz River in Lewis County, Washington closed and the 23.5 mile long reservoir be- hind the dam began to fill, inundating the former town sites of Riffe, Nesika and Kosmos. Thus ended the short-lived history of a fertile valley that had first been settled in the 1880s and 1890s; mostly by people from Appalachia who came west looking for a better life. The town of Riffe was named after one of those early settlers, Floyd Riffe, who came to the area from West Virginia in 1893 with a group of about 60 people. Riffe established a post office, named after him, that would eventually serve about 1,500 people until they were all forced to sell their homes and land and leave the valley so the City of Tacoma could build their dam. Stories from Riffe, Wash, is a collection of narratives that recalls some of those peo- ple, how they lived and died, and what it was like in the valley that now lies deep beneath the waters of Riffe Lake. --From Backcover
ix, 150 pages : illustrations ; 23 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