I consider myself to be a pretty good authority on the area where I live. I was born in Longview, Washington, USA which is a "twin city" to Kelso, WA. I have always lived on property on the Cowlitz River that my Grandfather Henry H. Holbrook homesteaded in the late 1800's. Kelso is a town of approximately 15,000 population. Kelso is located in the Pacific Northwest and is about an hour away from mountains to the east and a little over an hour away from the Pacific Ocean to the west. Our most recent claim to fame is living in the shadow of Mt. St. Helens which had a major eruption in 1981. Portland, Oregon is an hour to the south of Kelso and Seattle, Washington is less than 2 hours to the north where major cultural, entertainment and metropolitan areas are located as well as international airports. We are located on what is commonly called the I-5 corridor. We boast of beautiful forrests with pristine streams and wild flowers to be enjoyed in the spring and summer months. Many avid skiers enjoy the mountains and ski resorts for downhill skiing as well as cross country skiing. Beautiful lakes afford many opportunities for water sports and game fishing.
Kelso has a wonderful public school system and is very proud of their football team the Hilanders and also referred to as the Scotties since Kelso is named after a sister city in Scotland and was founded by Peter Crawford who was a Scot. We also have several fine Christian schools in this community and Lower Columbia College in Longview which is a 2 year college.
Kelso is very proud of their Babe Ruth Baseball field where they have hosted high level baseball tournaments.
St. John Medical Center is a fine hospital in Longview where I was employed as a critical care RN for almost 25 years in a combined 16 bed ICU-CCU. Open heart surgery is available in quite a few hospitals in Portland, OR where critical heart patients needing surgical intervention are easily transported either by ground or helicopter.
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