Steamboat Rock State Park

View Of The Beach Warm Water, Sandy Beaches!
View Of The Lake Boating, Fishing, Water Sports!
View Of Pic-Nic Area Great Place For Pic-Nics!
Wild Life! Ducks and Geese

STEAMBOAT ROCK STATE PARK
Steamboat Rock Pic From Highway!
View From The Highway

Fishing, Hunting, Hiking, Swimming, Water Sports, Camping, Or Going On A Afternoon Pic-Nik. STEAMBOAT ROCK STATE PARK Is The Place For Family Fun!.

HISTORY OF THE STEAMBOAT ROCK AREA

INDIANS, FUR TRADERS, MILITARY EXPEDITIONS AND SETTLERS TRAVELED THROUGH THIS COULEE RIGHT BY STEAMBOAT ROCK. (SEE PICTURE ABOVE) A MAJOR INDIAN TRAIL PASSED ACROSS HERE. ALEXANDER ROSS PASSED THROUGH HERE IN 1841. JOHN WORKS, HUDSON'S BAY CO. WAS HERE AT STEAMBOAT IN 1825. THE FAMOUS BOTANIST, DAVID DOUGLAS WAS HERE IN 1826. LT. JOHNSON OF THE WILKES EXPEDITION EXPLORED HERE IN 1814. LT.ARNOLD PASSED THROUGH HERE IN 1853. OLD CAMP CHELAN AND THE FORT WALLA WALLA TRAIL PASSED NEAR STEAMBOAT ROCK. THE FERGUSON - LADD STOCK CROSSING USED IN 1880 PASSED SOUTH OF HERE. THE OLD TRAIL ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE COULEE WAS NAMED THE OKANOGAN TRAIL, THE AMERICAN TRAIL WAS ON THE EAST SIDE OF STEAMBOAT ROCK.

history is provided by the GRANT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY