Olequa, Washington
"Olequa, a town on Olequa Creek in the northwestern part of Cowlitz County. The railroad station was named in 1871 by General J.W. Sprague, General Superintendent of the Northern Pacific Railroad....It is claimed that the word is a corruption of the Indian word 'Cametze,' meaning where the salmon come to spawn. Olequa was a place where many Indians gathered to catch salmon on their spawning grounds." Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923