Carson (Washington)
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Location in Washington
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| Foundation : | around 1880 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Washington | ||
| County : | Skamania | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 44 ′ N , 121 ° 49 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,279 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 183.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 12.409 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) | ||
| Postal code : | 98610 | ||
| Area code : | +1 509 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1512068 | ||
Carson is a settlement in South Washington ( United States of America).
The place is in Skamania County . It is known for its natural hot springs ( Carson Hot Springs ). These can be visited in the Carson Hot Springs Resort , a steam bath with an original small hotel, or in the great outdoors.
Geography and tourism
Carson is near the Columbia River . Next major towns are Bingen and White Salmon near the town of Hood River , Oregon . The Wind River Highway runs right through the village of Carson. From here you can reach the Gifford Pinchot National Forest , Old Man's Pass and Mount St. Helens . The area offers opportunities for fishing, hunting, hiking, mountain biking or, in winter, snowmobiling, tobogganing and cross-country skiing. Carson is not an independent town and still has many original buildings from the founding years. Carson had a population of 2279 people and 1021 households in 2010, according to the 2010 Census , with an average age of around 43 years.
Settlement history
Henry Metzger came to Skamania County and settled in the area of the later Carson settlement. For example, to get to the next post office in Cascade Locks downstream, a day's walk through impassable area was necessary. When he came there in 1883 from the north of The Dalles , there was already a sawmill on site, as well as a small shop and a saloon . After the sawmill closed, there were around nine families and four unmarried men living there towards the end of 1887. Until 1893 there was neither a post office nor a shop in town and the children were taught by a private teacher. The name Carson was chosen for the newly established post office.
Carson Hot Springs
Carson Hot Springs was discovered by Isadore St. Martin on a hunting trip with a friend in 1876 when he saw steam rising along the river. He found the thermal springs between the rocks, marked the place, and claimed ownership of this originally Indian settlement. He brought his sick wife Margaret to these springs, and word of the beneficial, soothing effects of the water quickly spread among the settlers in the area. Numerous people came to bathe in these springs, following the course of the Wind River to get to the place. Martin then began building a hotel complex in 1897, which was completed in 1901. In 1923 cabins and bathhouses were added. The water in the springs has a temperature of around 32 to 49 ° C.
Sawmill and transport links
The sawmill was founded in 1880 by AS Estabrook as a water-powered mill and converted to steam operation in 1881. The logs were brought to the mill in carts of oxen and the wood was transported to The Dalles on sailing boats on the Columbia River. In 1886 the sawmill was relocated and the cleared areas were settled by immigrants. In 1899 a road to Stevenson was built and in 1910 the townspeople applied for a bridge, which was approved in 1912 and implemented as a suspension bridge. By 1910 the small town of Carson already had five hotels, a restaurant, four shops, two large barns, a blacksmith's shop, a hairdresser, two butchers, a bakery, a church, two schoolhouses and a short-lived weekly newspaper as well as a billiards room. a dance hall and seven saloons. One of them was near the ship landing stage. The connection to the Northbank railroad in 1907 had brought many new settlers with it.
Carson National Fish Hatchery
Carson National Fish Hatchery was founded by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1937 to raise salmon and trout. In the 1980s, due to the destruction of the natural habitat and the spawning grounds due to the effects of the dam construction on salmon migrations, the rearing of "Spring Chinook Salmon" was targeted. Since 1960, this production has helped recover the fish population in the lower Columbia River. The Carson National Fish Hatchery releases more than 1.1 million young salmon annually, according to its own reports.
literature
- David A Powell: Carson Hot Springs, Carson, Washington . Washington State University, 1983, OCLC 48158139 .
Web links
- Carson Travel Guide on virtualtourist.com (English)
- Official website of the municipality of Skamania on skamania.org (English)
- Carson, Washington on city-data.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Carson (Skamania, Washington, USA) - Population figures and location in maps and tables. In: citypopulation.de. 2010, accessed August 26, 2015 .
- ^ Skamania County Chamber of Commerce. Urban areas. (No longer available online.) In: skamania.org. Locus Interactive, Inc, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on August 26, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS): American FactFinder - Community Facts. In: census.gov. factfinder.census.gov, 2010, accessed August 26, 2015 .
- ^ A b Elsie V. Bloomquist: History of Carson. on columbiagorge.org (PDF, 1946)
- ^ History - Carson Hot Springs Resort - Carson. (No longer available online.) In: carsonhotspringresort.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2015 ; accessed on August 26, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Lyn Topinka: The Columbia River - Hot Springs, Washington and Oregon. In: columbiariverimages.com. 2013, accessed August 26, 2015 .
- ^ Carson National Fish Hatchery. In: fws.gov. Pacific Region Web Development Group, accessed August 26, 2015 .
