History of the northern Blue Mountains, Garfield County and Asotin County, Washington, 1940

• Main Author: Tucker, Gerald J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: United States. Forest Service
• Subjects: History; Frontier & pioneer life; City & town life; People; Race; Ethnicity & Culture; History & Genealogy; Immigration & American Expansion; documents (other); Hudson Bay; Indian; Hudson; Gulch; Dayton; Perce; Blue Mountains; Blue Mountain; Bear Rock
• Online Access: http://content.statelib.wa.gov/cdm/ref/collection/pomeroy/id/775

Typescript. Note document header: "This document was transcribed from a photocopy of an original located in the Supervisor's Office Silviculture Library Archives. To the greatest extent possible, this version is an exact duplicate of the original text." Table of Contents – FOREWARD GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. 5 Coal deposits, Indian Legend concerning their geological views. I THE COMING OF LEWIS AND CLARK. 11 Location of Indian tribes, The prophecy of Wa-tum-nah. II THE NEZ PERCE AND CAPTAIN B. L. E. BONNEVILLE . 16 The Indian search for religion, the coming of Marcus Whitman and Spalding. V EARLY INDIAN TRAILS. 19 The Old Oregon Trail, The legend of the Grizzly Bear Rock, Chief Joseph's summer trail. THE TREATY OF 1855 . 24 Early trappers - Hudson Bay Co.,“Fifty-four Forty or fight,” Indian Gardens. I EARLY PIONEER ACCOUNTS. 28 Discovery of gold on Canal Gulch of Orofino Creek by Capt. Pierce, Other gold discoveries, The founding of Lewiston, Experiences of Barney Owsley, Recollections of Daniel Williams. II EARLY GARFIELD COUNTY HISTORY. 33 Early settlers, the first sawmill in Garfield or Asotin Counties, the founding of Pomeroy, the telegraph line established between Dayton and Lewiston, the founding of Pataha City, the forming of the county of Garfield, coming of the railroad. III PIONEER HISTORY OF COLUMBIA CENTER. 36 Early settlers of Columbia Center, the collapse of the village. X PIONEER HISTORY OF THE ALPOWA REGION. 40 First settlers of Asotin County, “Ghost towns”. PIONEER HISTORY OF THE ASOTIN SECTION. 42 The meaning of Asotin, the two villages of “Assotin City” and “Town of Asotin”, the fight for county seat, the united village. I PIONEER HISTORY OF THE ANATONE SECTION. 46 First settlers, the Indian scare, Cloverland district irrigation project. II PIONEER HISTORY OF THE CLARKSTON SECTION . 50 Early dreams of irrigation in this locality, the founding of Clarkston, interstate bridge built between Lewiston and Clarkston. III PIONEER EDEN & GROUSE FLAT HISTORY.53 The first settlers in the “Garden of Eden”, experiences of early settlers, brief history of Troy. IV THE BEGINNING OF THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY IN THE BLUE MOUNTAIN AREA. 57 The first cattle, early cattle and sheep industry, recollections of J. O. Long, First cattle drive into the Grouse Flat country. V HISTORY OF THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY IN THE NATIONAL FOREST AREA OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. 62 Early grazing of sheep and cattle, wild horses, conditions of the range during early days, the Wenaha Forest Reserve created, First stockmen's meeting. VI WILDLIFE UPS AND DOWNS . 67 Introduction of elk, planting of fish, wild fowl, predatory animals. VII ROADS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS . 70 The first roads, history of roads & grades on the Asotin Dist. VIII TIMBER CUTTINGS IN THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS . 77 First sawmill located at Columbia Center, early day sawmill operations of Garfield County, United States vs Henley Bros. lawsuit, Pole mills, sawmilling in the Anatone country, small mills in the Eden and Grouse Flat country. IX FOREST FIRES OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. 80 The Big Burn,” Early fire history, large and unusual fires. X FOREST SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. 84 Improvements from 1907 through 1939, trails and telephone lines built by Art Bott and his description of the development of the Asotin District. XI FOREST SERVICE PERSONEL OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. 88 brief discussion of personnel from 1903 through 1939 GEOGRAPHIC NAMES. 96