City of Wishram

 
Date Visited:   Sunday, July 28, 2002
City Visited #:   268
County:   Klickitat
Visited With:   Michelle & High School Jen
City Name History:   The town was given the name that Wilkes ascribed to a Native-American village above The Dalles on the Columbia River. Purportedly the name was that of a long-dead chief. However, the Bureau of American Ethnology reports that the tribal name, in two different Native-American dialects, refers to a "species of flea or louse."
Comments:   Extremely high winds during the taking of this photo, that's why I am leaning against the building