PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS.
Wenatchee is the county seat and largest town, having about 3,500 people. It is located on the Columbia river near where the Great Northern railway crosses it. It is the chief distributing center for the county and much other territory, chiefly north of it.
Leavenworth, westward of Wenatchee, and also on the railroad, has a population of 1,200 and is a division point.
Chelan, at the foot of Lake Chelan, has about 700 people.
Cashmere, on the railroad, is of about equal size.
Lakeside, Peshastin and Entiat are smaller towns, all thriving and growing.
CLALLAM COUNTY
Clallam county occupies 2,000 square miles of the northwestern part of the Olympic peninsula, having 35 miles of shore land on the Pacific and 90 miles on the straits. The Olympic mountains and foothills cover the southern half mostly, while the northern half is made up of lower hills and valleys. Several large lakes nestle among the mountains; one of them, Lake Crescent, is a famous summer resort. Lake Crescent is known as the home of the celebrated Beardslee trout. The eastern and southern parts have a rainfall sometimes nearing 100 inches annually, while in the eastern northerly part it is about 20 to 25 inches only.
An important section of the county is that known as Sequim Prairie This is a level district of about 5,000 acres, located three miles back from Port Williams. Most of it is under irrigation, and the soil thus treated produces marvelous crops.