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==History== The name Conconully comes from the [[Okanagan language|Okanogan]] name for Salmon Creek, /qʷúnqʷunɬp/, which flows from Conconully to the [[Okanogan River]] at [[Okanogan, Washington|Okanogan]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Bright |first= William |title= Native American Placenames of the United States |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C&pg=PA118 |accessdate= February 1, 2023 |year= 2004 |publisher= University of Oklahoma Press |page= 118|isbn= 978-0-8061-3598-4 }}</ref> According to historian Harry M. Majors, the word means "cloudy".<ref name=majors>{{Cite book| last = Majors | first = Harry M. | title = Exploring Washington | publisher = Van Winkle Publishing Co | year = 1975 | page = 50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ| isbn = 978-0-918664-00-6}}</ref> Originally named Salmon City after the nearby Salmon Creek, Conconully began as a gold miners camp, and served as the county seat from 1888 to 1914. It was officially incorporated on November 11, 1908.<ref>{{Cite web|title=First county seat of Okanogan County is established at Ruby City on March 7, 1888.|url=https://www.historylink.org/File/5438|website=www.historylink.org|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref> On May 27, 1894, the town was devastated when an unusually heavy storm caused Salmon Creek to overflow. Debris-filled water more than 30 feet high rushed through canyons toward the town. One resident witnessed the oncoming flood and rode his horse through town warning the residents. More than 42 buildings were destroyed and one person was killed.<ref>{{cite book|isbn=978-1-4930-1322-7|title=Washington Disasters|last=McNair-Huff|first=Rob & Natalie|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2016|pages=41–45}}</ref>
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