Methow Valley Trivia

1. Name of the original people of this Valley
3. One of the biggest threats from visitors to endangered cranes during nesting season
6. River that joins the Methow at Winthrop
10. Noisy member of the plover family and common in the Methow Valley, this little bird is known for pulling a 'broken wing' act to lure predators away from its nest
11. Town established in 1897 by Glover, originally called "Gloversville"
14. The place name 'Methow' is said to mean ______ seeds
15. Lake formed by the Wells Dam on the Columbia River
16. The trade that brought trappers to the valley before miners arrived
17. Along with Ramsey and Pearrygin, he was one of the first permanent white settlers in 1883
18. Bright yellow flower that is famous in the area for turning the hillsides golden in the spring

1. The valley is home to one of the state's largest migratory herds of this kind of deer
2. This native pine tree has puzzle-piece like bark that flakes apart
4. The valley is underlain by a distinct belt of this rock type
5. The ancient ice sheet that covered the Methow Valley during the last ice age
7. Historical Western town named after this Yale graduate and author
8. What brought a wave of settlers west to these lands, in hopes of striking it rich
9. Majestic bird often seen perched on branches along the Methow River
12. Mining town located between Twisp and Carlton, destroyed by the 1894 flood
13. Act created as a method of acquiring land by Anglo-European settlers starting in the late 1800s
16. Devastating event that destroyed much of Winthrop in 1893