City of Oakville

 
Date Visited:   Saturday, February 3, 2001
City Visited #:   10
County:   Grays Harbor
Visited With:   Denny
City Name History:   Named for scrub oak trees in the area, the town, which is situated on an old Native-American campground, enjoyed a short-lived boom in the early 1900s as a "boarding house" community for railroad construction workers and was subsequently a major collection point for cascara bark.
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