Kelso: Longview Junction: SR 432 at MP 9.8: Talley Way WB
Tucked along the lower Cowlitz River in southwest Washington, Kelso is a place whose character is shaped by river valleys and working transport corridors. The city lies upstream from the Cowlitz River’s confluence with the Columbia, amid forested lowlands between the Cascade Range and the Pacific coast. Kelso is the county seat of Cowlitz County and developed through logging, rail transport and river commerce; these industries still influence the wider urban area. State Route 432 is an important link between Kelso and neighboring Longview, while Interstate 5 provides the main north–south connection through western Washington. Kelso takes its name from the Scottish town associated with early settler Peter Crawford, a reminder of the area’s nineteenth-century settlement.
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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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