The name applied to the mountains and the whole surrounding region is an outdated spelling of the word "Hawaii".
Fur-trading ships brought Hawaiian natives — then called "Owyhees" — to the Northwest. In 1818, Donald Mackenzie brough…
In 1888 George Froman built a ferry about a mile downstream from here. It operated until a bridge was built here in 1921.
The ferry barge was connected by ropes to a pulley which slid along a cable spanning the river. By angling the barge into …