Kelso

Kelso is best known in Washington as the county seat of Cowlitz County. Set where the Coweeman River joins the Cowlitz River, the city occupies a lowland corridor in southwest Washington between the Cascade foothills and the broad Columbia River valley. Its development was closely tied to logging, rail transport and wood-products manufacturing, industries that shaped communities across the lower Cowlitz basin. The Cowlitz County Historical Museum records the area’s Indigenous, settlement and industrial histories. Kelso adjoins Longview, and together the two cities form a shared urban center. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of southwest Washington connects regionally.

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