Wenatchee is a city in the North Cascades region of Washington State.

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Antique Shop District

Chateau Faire La Pont Winery

Childrens Discovery Museum, Riverside Playhouse, and Music Theatre

Ohme Gardens

Stemmit Growers

Wenatchee Confluence State Park

Wenatchee Confrence Center, Stanley Civic Center, and B of A Performing Arts Center

Wenatchee Valley Museum

Do

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Take a walk along the Apple Capital Loop Trail along the Columbia River

Get out

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Cashmere

Chelan - Chelan County capital

Leavenworth

Chelan County Historical Museum

Earthquake Point

Echo Valley - ski resort

Golden West Visitors Center

Lake Chelan - ride the boat to Stehekin

Lake Chelan State Park

Lake Wenatchee State Park

Leavenworth - ski resort

Lincoln Rock State Park

Mission Ridge - ski resort

Peshastin Pinnacles State Park

Slidewaters

Squilchuck State Park

Twenty Five Mile Creek State Park

Wenatchee (IPA: wɪ ˈnæt tʃi) is located at the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia rivers near the eastern foothills of the Cascade Mountain range in the U.S. State of Washington. Wenatchee is the most populous city in and the county seat of Chelan County, Washington. Wenatchee is the twin city of East Wenatchee, Washington. They are separated by the Columbia River that forms the boundary between Chelan and Douglas County. Wenatchee is the principal city of the 'Wenatchee, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area', which encompasses all of Chelan and Douglas counties. However, the 'Wenatchee Area' generally refers to the land between Rocky Reach and Rock Island Dam on both banks of the Columbia, which includes East Wenatchee, Rock Island, and Malaga.

Wenatchee is known as the "Apple Capital of the World" for the valley's many orchards, which produce apples enjoyed around the world. The city was named for the nearby Wenatchi indian tribe. The name is a Yakama word that means "river which comes from canyons" or "robe of the rainbow." Awenatchela means "people at the source ." The City of Wenatchee shares its name with the Wenatchee River, Lake Wenatchee and the Wenatchee National Forest.

History

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Archeological digs have uncovered Clovis artifacts dating back more than 11,000 years, indicating that people migrating during the last Ice Age spent time in the Wenatchee area. The Columbia River and nearby mountains and sagebrush steppes provided an ample supply of food. Clovis points are on display at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center and research findings are available through the Wenatchee World.

As early as 1811, fur traders from the Northwest Fur Company entered the Wenatchee valley to trap and trade with the Indians. In 1863, Father Respari, a Catholic priest, began his missionary work with the Indians. He was followed some 20 years later by Father De Grassi, who built a log cabin on the Wenatchee River near the present town of Cashmere. Throughout the 1800s other white settlers came to homestead the land. Wenatchee was platted in September 1888 and officially incorporated as a city on January 7, 1893. The 1900 U.S. Census counted 451 residents.

By the early 1900s the Wenatchee Commercial Club was advertising the region as the "Home of the World's Best Apples." The tree fruit industry provided the economic backbone for the region for a century...