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All Over The Map: How Ferry, Franklin and Garfield counties were named December 11, 2020 at 10:27 am
Republic is the county seat of Ferry County; Ferry County was created from Stevens County in February 1899. (USGS Archives)
It’s time for the fourth installment of County Countdown, KIRO Radio’s 13-part series about the origins of county names in Washington state. Our three counties for this episode are Ferry, Franklin, and Garfield.
Follow along with your special commemorative map – available at your nearest Ernst Hardware (if you can still find an Ernst, let me know!) – but please pull over if you’re driving, of course.