Chesaw is an unincorporated community in Okanogan County, Washington.

[1] Chesaw was named for the Chinese settler Chee Saw, who arrived in the mid-1890s and married a Native American woman.

[2] The town sprang up and thrived during a brief gold rush from 1896 to 1900.

[2] Chesaw now hosts an annual rodeo held every 4th of July.

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