Just north of Kelso, a railroad bridge provides crossing for the Columbia & Cowlitz Railroad.
Kelso has a very long history and tradition with two local rivalries across the Cowlitz River in Longview; R.A. Long and Mark Morris high schools.
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Nearby attractions and points of interest include the Cowlitz River, the Tilton River, Lake Mayfield, Lake Mayfield Park, Mayfield Resort, and Ike Kinswa State Park.
The Confederated Tribes' traditional territories were along the Black, Chehalis, Cowlitz, Elk, Johns, Newaukum, Satsop, Shookumchuck, and Wynoochee Rivers, and near Grays Harbor and on the lower Puget Sound of Washington.