Jackson House State Park Heritage Site is one of the rare places where a Euro-American settler house still stands at its original location. Right down the road from the camping park Lewis and Clark State Park, Jackson House is a great place to picnic and try to imagine what life was like for early pioneers. British-born John R. Jackson, one of the first settlers north of the Columbia River, built the featured log house for his family in 1850 and started a farm called the Highlands. The homestead quickly became an important trading and rest stop along the Cowlitz Trail, a north-south Indigenous route. At different times, the Jacksons operated a post office, hotel, and a US District Court from the house and entertained prominent visitors including Ulysses S. Grant. Jackson himself held several important roles in the growing town, including sheriff and justice of the peace. The Jackson's granddaughter, Anna Koontz, and her women's literary and civic club restored the house in 1915 and gave part of the land to Washington State Parks.
4277 Jackson Hwy, Winlock, WA 98596
