EPHRATA, the county seat, is a small village on the Great Northern
railway about midway of the county and the center of a large
wheat-growing section. Its transformation into an important town
is rapidly
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going on, the new county government calling for a variety of new
occupations to center here.
WILSON CREEK, near the eastern border of the county, is a larger
town whose chief industry is marketing grain. It is an important
distributing point, with prospects of larger growth.
QUINCY is a station on the Great Northern and is also an important
wheat-shipping point.
SOAP LAKE, on a lake of the same name, is noted as a resort for
the rheumatic.
BACON, COULEE CITY, and HARTLINE are stations on the Northern Pacific
railway in the northeastern part of the county.
Grant county is new, but has large undeveloped resources, and is
awaiting the newcomer with abundant offerings for his energy and
labor.