Part one (66 pages) covers early explorers, naming the Columbia, Lewis and Clark, Canadian Boundary Line, religion, Sherman, Indians, Homesteading, Washington State, Grand Coulee Dam, Kettle Falls and derivation of names.
Colville National Forest; Antoine Ranger Station built in 1908 with A.H. Wright serving as first ranger. Two men on horseback in front of building; Okanogan County;
Colville National Forest; The Ceremony of Tears; Native tribes mourn the covering of the Kettle Falls by the waters behind the Grand Coulee Dam. Stevens County;