Lower Columbia · WA
Longview
A planned lumber city with a bridge for squirrels.
- Population
- 37,818 (2020 census)
- Planned
- 1921
- Incorporated
- 1924
Then
- 1918
Robert A. Long's Long-Bell Lumber Company buys timberland in Cowlitz County.
- 1921
Long plans a complete city for up to 50,000 people. The Port of Longview is created.
- 1924
Longview incorporates on February 14.
- 1963
Amos Peters builds the Nutty Narrows Bridge for squirrels.
Now
The Cowlitz Indian Tribe has its headquarters here. This place follows the Columbia downstream to Skamokawa and Knappa.
6 tide stations around Longview
- Longview2.3 mi
- Barlow Point4.9 mi
- Cape Horn16.9 mi
- Wauna22.4 mi
- Skamokawa26.4 mi
- Knappa, Knappa Slough31.3 mi