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Washington State Route 170 (1965–67)
State Route 170 (SR 170) is a short, long State highways in Washington, state highway located within Grant County, Washington, Grant County in the U.S. state of Washington (U.S. state), Washington. The highway begins at west of Warden, Washington, Warden and travels east to end at Main Avenue in Warden. The current route of the highway was first established in 1967 as (SSH 11I) and became SR 170 in 1970 after it was moved north of its previous route, which had been on maps since 1926, named in 1937 and renumbered to SR 170 in 1964. The old route ran from the Columbia River southwest of Basin City, Washington, Basin City to SR 17 north of Mesa, Washington, Mesa. Route description State Route 170 (SR 170) begins at west of Warden, Washington, Warden and south of the SR 17 and intersection. From SR 17, the highway travels east to cross two pairs of railroad tracks owned by Columbia Basin Railroad, which go south to Connell, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warden, Washington
Warden is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,449 at the 2020 census. History The Central Basin plateau was settled in the late 1800s by immigrants of Russian-German (Bessarabian) ancestry who homesteaded in the area and farmed dryland wheat. Prior to this the area had been inhabited by local Native American Salish tribes that had contact with the early Spanish and British traders. The Milwaukee Railroad arrived in the early 1900s and attracted additional settlers, including Doc Harris who established a drug and sundries store with physician services in Warden about 1905. The town's name of "Warden" comes from its Bessarabian German heritage and means "worthy" or "treasured" as may be noted in the ''Das Deutsche Woerterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm''. A local tradition attributes the name of the town to Doc Harris's son Ward. However, the area of the town was being referred to as "Warden" by its German settlers long before Doc Harris arrive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
