“County Countdown” – a series about the place-name origins of Washington counties and county seats – Lincoln, Mason, and Okanogan counties.
Episode number eight of “County Countdown” – a multi-year, thirteen-part All Over The Map series about the place-name origins of Washington counties and county seats – is the #LMAO edition. In this case, “LMAO,” of course, stands for Lincoln, Mason, and Okanogan counties.is in Eastern Washington, northwest of Spokane along US Highway 2. It was created November 24, 1883, from part of Spokane County, and it was named, not surprisingly, after Abraham Lincoln.
Somehow, the 600 or 700 residents living in Sprague in 1884 cast more than 1,000 votes in favor of moving the county seat there. An old history book from the early 20th-century quotes sources who say those extra votes came from children and from railroad passengers who happened to be traveling through Sprague on election day. After the contested ballot, an armed mob from Sprague – who had been deputized by city officials – descended on Davenport and captured the county records.
Also taking place in Davenport – though only Saturday, Aug. 27 – is an all-day event called “Vintage Harvest,” offering free rides on vintage farm equipment dating to more than a hundred years ago. Participants will climb aboard and ride along while skilled farmers harvest “dryland” wheat – that is, not artificially irrigated – which that part of the Evergreen State is famous for.
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