found: Washington place names website, April 26, 2019(Ephrata; community at the south end of Grand Coulee, north central Grant County; founded by Egbert Brothers, a horse-breeding concern in 1882 to raise horses. It was platted as a town site in 1902 by J. Cyrus; An early name was Indian Grave Springs [no publications or access points in OCLC] for the many Indian graves in nearby hills. Later it was changed to Beasley Springs [no publications or access points in OCLC], for Frank Beasley, who lived in the area before the Egberts, but moved on. The present name was given by the Great Northern Railway in 1892 reportedly for the Palestine village of Ephrata, mentioned in the Old Testament as Ephratah, the predecessor of Bethlehem, which also irrigated from wells. It was incorporated June 21, 1909; 47.29726°N, 119.5435°W)
