12 Facts About Chehalis Washington

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Early non-native explorers of the Pacific Northwest vocalized the words as "Chehalis Washington" and proceeded to describe the original inhabitants as such.

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2.

Chehalis Washington began as a settlement around a warehouse beside a railroad track in 1873, when the Northern Pacific Railroad built northward from Kalama to Tacoma.

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3.

Chehalis Washington Hotel opened in 1889 and was restored by a local family in 1997 following a destructive fire.

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4.

Chehalis Washington Theater was originally the Pix Theater when it was opened in 1938, but renamed in 1954.

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5.

Several Chehalis Washington parks contain walking paths and trails but there are three separate trails of note.

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6.

Chehalis Washington has a council–manager system of government that consists of an elected city council and an appointed city manager.

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7.

Chehalis Washington is recognized as being majority Republican and conservative, although slightly less so than Lewis County as a whole.

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8.

The Bee and Nugget merged in 1898 to become the Chehalis Washington Bee-Nugget, surviving until 1938 when it joined with the Lewis County Advocate to become The Chehalis Washington Advocate.

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9.

Since then, local news reports for the residents of Chehalis Washington are provided by The Chronicle, a newspaper with an online component.

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10.

Ghost sign for the Chehalis Washington Bee-Nugget was found in 2009, and subsequently preserved, during a renovation of Chehalis Washington's historic St Helens Theater.

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11.

Chehalis Washington is served by Centralia's 128-bed, non-profit Providence Centralia Hospital for short-term acute care that provides services for surgery, cancer, obstetrics, and is equipped with a 24-hour emergency room and an ICU.

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12.

Chehalis Washington has been a sister city with Inasa, Shizuoka, Japan since 1990.

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