Conconully - Washington Ghost Town

CONCONULLY

NAME: Conconully
COUNTY: Okanogan
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: Snow in the winter and hot in the summer, has all 4 season's , so you can enjoy any of the splendor you wish
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime, depends on your interests!!

COMMENTS: Current residents are around 200, depends on the season, you can do pretty much anything outdoorsy. The town is only 3 blocks long, has a small post office(I mean small!!) a small cemetary sits overlooking the lower resivouir. there are many areas to go hunting and fishing, town also holds many events for holidays, including shoot-outs and outhouse races in the wintertime, also have snowmobile grass drags in the springtime,boating, hunting, hiking snow-mobiling, bicycling and cross-country skiing.There are 8 lakes in the area that the game department stocks each year. Deer, Blue Grouse, bear and pheasant draw many during the hunting season. Surrounding us are 250 miles of snow-mobiling and cross-country ski trails.ect ect.A small community northwest of Omak, near the boundary of the Okanogan National Forest, between Conconully Reservoir and Conconully Lake about 18 miles west of Omak.The area is noted for fantastic fishing and camping in the summer and plenty of snow in the winter. The reservoir and lake provide water for orchardists in the Omak-Okanogan Irrigation District.
REMAINS: Cemetery

Known primarily as a town not opposed to a lynching now and then, Conconully had its share of run-ins with the bad men of the west. Jailbreaks were frequent as were troubles with Indians. Indian name of Conconully meant "clouds" or anything else that was threatening. Situated in the Okanogan Highlands, a large section of north-central Washington, Conconully was settled by white prospectors who founded the booming silver mining camps of Ruby City and Salmon City that were only a few miles apart. Some original buildings remain along with a small population. The area is now a State Park with a modern campground. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth. This town was once the county seat of Okanogan and was flooded out around the turn of the century. Okanogan then became the new county seat. Daniel Webster Reid was county sheriff at about this time and was my Great-Grandfather. He later mover the the Wilbur area, married, and farmed near Hesseltine. This location is one of the first reclamation projects of this state. The river that flooded out this town was dammed up creating a lake that is excellent as a camping site and also boating and fishing. Submitted by: Wayne Reid

Known primarily as a town not opposed to a lynching now and then, Conconully had its share of run-ins with the bad men of the west. Jailbreaks were frequent as were troubles with Indians. Indian name of Conconully meant "clouds" or anything else that was threatening. Situated in the Okanogan Highlands, a large section of north-central Washington, Conconully was settled by white prospectors who founded the booming silver mining camps of Ruby City and Salmon City that were only a few miles apart. Some original buildings remain along with a small population. The area is now a State Park with a modern campground. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.

This town was once the county seat of Okanogan and was flooded out around the turn of the century. Okanogan then became the new county seat. Daniel Webster Reid was county sheriff at about this time and was my Great-Grandfather. He later mover the the Wilbur area, married, and farmed near Hesseltine. This location is one of the first reclamation projects of this state. The river that flooded out this town was dammed up creating a lake that is excellent as a camping site and also boating and fishing. Submitted by: Wayne Reid

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