Forks, Washington

Forks, Washington, is nestled between the entrance to the Calawah River valley and the confluence of the Calawah and Bogachiel rivers. The town is located along Forks Prairie. The place name Forks Prairie originated (in the 1870s) from the fact that the prairie was situated directly between the Calawah River and the Bogachiel River, above the confluence (The Daily Intelligencer, May 31, 1877, page 2). A history of Forks was written by United States Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas for the book A Vanishing America: The Life and Times of the Small Town, published in 1964.

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Andrew Craig Magnuson
Forks, Washington
April 15, 2012