Few may have heard of Bickleton, Washington. Even fewer may know about the Bickleton Carousel Museum located there. Yes, one of the oldest carousels on the West Coast is located at the Bickleton Carousel Museum. The carousel was purchased from Portland's Oaks Park in 1929 and brought to Bickleton. It was originally built by the Herschell-Spillman Company of North Tonawanda, New York.
Bickleton, a wheat farming community-population 113, is located in rural Klickitat County Washington about 20 miles north of the Columbia River. The town of Bickleton was founded in 1879 by Charles N. Bickle. Bickleton is also known as "The Bluebird Capitol of the World" for the thousands of the feathered visitors that flock there each spring.
If you take the drive to Bickleton you won't find a gas station in town but you will find a tavern. The Bluebird Inn opened in 1882. It is the oldest operating bar in the state of Washington complete with it's original pool table, a 1903 Brunswick, still being used by regulars.
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