Keller
"Keller, a town on the Sanpoil River, in the southern part of Ferry County. There was a miniature placer mining boom there, and J.C. Keller started a store in a tent in 1898. He also built one of the first stores in Republic. He packed his goods to both stores from Wilbur. While he was at Republic, J.K. Wood began calling the other place Keller, and the name has stuck. A mile up the river miners platted a townsite under the name of Keller. Then R.L. Boyle incorporated the older camp under the name of Harlinda. The postal authorities refused to move the postoffice to the new town or to authorize the change of the old town's name to Harlinda. (G.A. Samuels, newspaper clipping..) Origin of Washington Geographic Names