Learn About Area’s Earliest Days at Cowlitz County Historical Museum
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Curious? If you want to learn about Cowlitz County from its earliest days, check out the local history museum.
The Cowlitz County Historical Museum in Kelso has several permanent exhibits that include American Indian artifacts as well as re-creations of a logger’s bunkhouse, general store, steamboat dock and railroad depot. There is also an 1884 log cabin that was built and lived in by an early Toutle River settler.
Another popular attraction at the facility is an extensive photograph collection. Historians, researchers and anyone wishing to learn more about how Cowlitz County evolved into its present state can utilize the museum.



