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One of the primary focuses of this blog is the area which in 1904 was the northern part of Douglas County (Grant County was carved out of Douglas County in 1909), the northwestern part of Lincoln County, and the people of that area. As this project progresses, links to posts will be added in this table of contents. Illustrations will be listed under the chapter headings of their location instead of in a separate table. Links to indexes of biographical sketches will be placed at the end of county sections. Portraits will be re-located with the biographical sketches.
PART I, GENERAL HISTORY, is identical in content and page numbering to that in AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF STEVENS, FERRY, OKANOGAN AND CHELAN COUNTIES.
PART I, GENERAL HISTORY, is identical in content and page numbering to that in AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF STEVENS, FERRY, OKANOGAN AND CHELAN COUNTIES.
The entire book is available for view on line or free download:
part 1 (PARTS I & II) part 2 (PARTS III - VI)
part 1 (PARTS I & II) part 2 (PARTS III - VI)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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PART I.
GENERAL HISTORY.
CHAPTER I. DAWN OF DISCOVERY. - pp. 1-6
Juan Roderiguez in the Waters of the Smiling Pacific — His Mantle Falls Upon the Shoulders of Bartolme Ferrelo — Francis Drake Reaches as High as Latitude Forty-three Degrees — He Abandons the Search for Anian and Returns to England — Spain Becomes Aggressive in Northwest Exploration — Early Voyages of Urdaneta — Juan de Fuca Sails from Spain in Search of the Strait of Anian — Advance Guard of Inland Explorers Led by Sir Alexander Mackenzie — Speculations on the Origin of the Word "Oregon" — Story of M. Le Page du Pratez.
CHAPTER II. MISSISSIPPI TO THE COAST. - pp. 7-13
President Jefferson's Scheme to Traverse the Continent to the Pacific Ocean — Selection of Merriwether Lewis and William Clark for the Enterprise — Their Achievements After Entering the Territory of Oregon — Major Joshua Pitcher's Description of This Terra Incognito in 1800 — The Willamette River and a Section of the Mighty Columbia — Lewis and Clark Start Up the Missouri — Fourteen Months from Their Departure — Party Endures Innumerable Hardships — Topography of the Country — Explorers Interview Various Indian Tribes — Across the Mountains — Compelled to Eat Horses and Dogs — Arrival at "Hungry Creek" — Pow-Wow with Savages — Down the Snake to the Columbia River — Dangerous Rapids Interfere with Navigation — From Tidewater to the Sea — Lewis and Clark's Party Pass the Winter in Camp at the Mouth of the Columbia and Set Out on Their Return.
CHAPTER III. THE OREGON CONTROVERSY.
part 1: pp. 14-20 part 2: pp. 21-26
Struggle of Five Nations for Possession of "Oregon" — Question Becomes Important and Far Reaching — One Hundred Years Punctuated with Many Wars — Part Played by the Hudson's Bay Company — Results of Mackenzie's Explorations — Monotony of the Fur Trader's Life — Boundary Commission of 1841 — Ashburton-Webster Treaty — Commission of 1846 — Eyes of England Opened by the Expedition of Lewis and Clark — First English Settlement Made by Fraser in 1846 — John Jacob Astor Establishes a Trading Post at Astoria — Supremacy of Commercialism Over Sentimental Statesmanship — Twenty-Seven Years of Diplomatic Delay Over International Boundary Affairs — Continuance of Joint Occupancy of Oregon for Ten Years — Americans Strike Oregon Where the English Fail — Oregon is Left Out of the Ashburton- Webster Treaty — Dr. Marcus Whitman Arrives in Washington, D. C, With the Facts in the Case — Establishment of the Forty-Ninth Parallel as the International Boundary.
CHAPTER IV. TRAGEDY OF WHITMAN'S MISSION. - pp. 26-33
Visit to St. Louis, Mo., of Four Flathead Indians— They Come for the "White Man's Book" — President Fiske Calls on Missionaries to Go to the Indian Tribes of the Great Northwest — Prompt Response by Whitman, Rev. Parker and the Lees — Sketch of Dr. Whitman by an Acquaintance — Significant Letter Sent by Whitman to Secretary of War Porter — Savage Details of the Whitman Massacre — Horrible Superstition of Indian Tribes — Names of the Victims — Miraculous Escape of Mr. Osborne and Family — Harsh and Cruel Treatment of Refugees by McBean — Christmas of 1847 Passed in the Midst of Hostile Savages.
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CHAPTER V. THE CAYUSE WAR. - pp. 34-38
Explanations of Mr. McBean's Treatment of Survivors of the Whitman Massacre — Americans Take the Initiative in the Cayuse War — James Douglas Writes to Governor Abernathy — Intense Excitement Among People in the Wallamet Settlement — Spokane and Nez Perce Indians Refuse to Join the Cayuse Tribe — Colonel Dilliam Sets Forth from The Dalles — Death of "Swallow Ball" and Wounding of the "Wizard" — Indians Fall Back to the Snake River — Escape and Final Capture of the Assassins of Dr. Whitman.
CHAPTER VI. OTHER INDIAN OUTBREAKS.
part 1: pp. 38-44 part 2: pp. 45-50
Indian Wars Immediately Affecting Washington — Expedition of Major Granville O. Haller — Discovery of Gold Causes a Stampede to Fort Colville — Defiance of Chief Pierre Jerome — Kamiakin Declares War the Whites — Campaign Against the Yackimas — Indian Tragedies in the Puget Sound District — Assassination of Lieutenant Slaughter — Renewal of Hostilities in the Yackima Country — Some Blunders of General Wood — Campaign of Colonel Cornelius — Memorable Siege of the Cascades — Steptoe's Campaign — Failure of the Council with the Cayuses, Des Chutes and Tyghes — Governor Stevens Recommends Enlargement of the Puyallup and Nisqually Indian Reservations — Arrest, Trial and Execution of Leschi — Indemnity Claims Following Indian Troubles are Lodged with Congress — Horace Greeley Favors Repudiation of Them — Defeat of Steptoe — Triumph of Industry and Intelligence Over Barbaric Ignorance and Indian Squalor.
CHAPTER VII. TERRITORY AND STATE.
part 1: pp. 50-57 part 2: pp. 57-63
Topography of Washington — First Inroads of Civilization — Washington Might Have Been Columbia — Creation of Lewis County — Agitation for Territorial Division — Congress is Memorialized — Isaac Ingalls Stevens Appointed First Territorial Governor — Sketch of His Life and Heroic Death — First Washington Territorial Legislature — A State in All But Name — Struggle for Capital Removal — Political Operation of Victor Smith — A Customs House Imbroglio — Removal from Port Townsend to Port Angeles — Death of Victor Smith — General Wright in Command of the Department of the Pacific — Congressional Delegate Jacobs Introduces Bill for the Admission of Washington Into the Union — Adoption of a Constitution Declared Void and Nugatory — Administration of Governor Watson C. Squire — Chinese Riots — Proclamation by President Cleveland — Fiscal Condition of the Territory in 1886 — Administration of Governor Eugene Semple — Washington Territory Admitted as a State — Munificent Land Grant — First State Officials.
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PART II.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
CHAPTER I. CURRENT EVENTS — 1854-1887.
p. 65: An Abiding Landmark in the Big Bend
p. 71: Chief Moses and Wife
p. 80: Representatives of the People Who Used to Dwell in the Big Bend and Who Often Visit it at This Time
part 1: pp. 64-71 part 2: pp. 72-78 part 3: pp. 78-84
Immensity of Walla Walla County in Early Territorial Days — Officials Fail to Qualify — Creation of Spokane County and Its Abandonment — Organization of Stevens County — Cottonwood Springs on the Overland Trail— J. R. Whitaker and "Okanogan Smith" — Early Settlers — "Wild Goose Bill"; His Biography, Adventures and Death — Indians Under Chief Joseph Take Up Arms — Early Chinese Miners — Original Settlers in Egypt — C. C. May — Establishment of E°rt Spokane — Vast Number of Live Stock Perish in Severe Winter of 1S81 — The Cricket Scourge of 1882-3 — Creation of Lincoln County and Bill Drafted by N. T. Caton — The Name of Sprague First Suggested for New County — Organic Act — Davenport the Temporary County Seat — First County Seat Contest.
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CHAPTER II. CURRENT EVENTS — 1887-1896
part 1: pp. 84-92 part 2: pp. 92-98 part 3: pp. 98-106
Railroad Enthusiasm — Telephonic Communication — Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway Reaches Davenport — Northern Pacific Builds Another Branch, the Central Washington — Fire Destroys Saw-Mill at Fort Spokane — Crop Failure in 1S89 — Northern Pacific Company Buys Up the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Road — Fatal Railway Accident Near Almira — Severe Snowstorm of 1890 — Wilbur Cut Off from Rail Communication for Thirty-One Days — "Hard Times" — The Memorable Squirrel Pest —County Seal Contest of 1S90 Between Davenport and Sprague — W<lbur Throws Her Vote to Sprague — Indian Scare of 1S91 — Lincoln County Achieves Dis'inction at the Tacoma Grain Exposition — Great Northern Railroad Company Builds Through the County in 1892 — Proposed Abandonment of Fort Spokane is Earnestly and Successfully Opposed — Lieu Lands Thrown on the Market — Coxey's Army Invades Lincoln County — Great Strike of the A. R. U. on the Northern Pacific Lines — War Between Railroads and Sheepmen.
CHAPTER III. CURRENT EVENTS — 1896-1904.
p. 112-a: A Lincoln County Wheat Depot
part 1: pp. 106-113 part 2: pp. 113-118 part 3: pp. 118-126
Agitation for Removal of County Seat from Sprague to I'avenport in 1896 — Harrington Comes to the Front as a Candidate— Official Vote by Precincts — Citizens of the New County Seat Erect Public Buildings — Bumper Wheat Crop of 1897 — Garrison at Fort Spokane Leaves for the Seat of Spanish-American War — Severe Blizzard — Smallpox — Mysterions Disappearance of Little Ruth Inman — Death of Billy Gibbons — Organization of Lincoln County Pioneer Association — Meeting Between Presidents of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Oregon Railroad and Navigation Companies and Big Bend Farmers — Man Hunt for Outlaw Tracy — His Suicide in the Barley Field — Quarrel Over Distribution of Rewards — Brutal Murder of Judge and Mrs. Lewis — Assassination of C. F. Thennes — Arrest and Conviction of Young Victor — New Trial Granted by Judge Neal.
CHAPTER IV. CITIES AND TOWNS.
p. 126: DAVENPORT
p. 134: DAVENPORT part 2
Davenport the County Seat — Its Favorable Location — Early Settlement — Pioneer Business Men — First Issue of the Lincoln Leader — Rapid Upbuilding of the Town in 1888 — Rumor That Title to Townsite is Defective — Opening of the Big Bend National Bank — First United Efforts for Fire Protection — Incorporation of the Town — Advent of Central Washington Railway — Organization of the Grand Army of the Republic — Construction of Wagon Road from Davenport to the Cedar Canyon Mines in Stevens County — Financial Panic of 1893 — Many Citizens Enlist for War with Spain in 1898 — Organization of a Militia Company — Inauguration of a Water Works System — Electric Lights — Another Blaze — Churches and Fraternal Societies — Building of Auditorium and Armory Hall.
CHAPTER V. CITIES AND TOWNS — CONTINUED.
p. 142: CRESTON
p. 145: WILBUR
p. 153: ALMIRA
p. 158: HARRINGTON
p. 162: DOWNS, EDWALL, MOSCOW
p. 165: ODESSA
p. 169: REARDAN, MONDAVI, GOVAN
p. 176-a: A Glimpse of Orchard Valley, Lincoln County, Looking Down the Columbia
p. 173: SPRAGUE
p. 179: SPRAGUE part 2
p. 188-a: Hawk Creek Falls, Lincoln County
p. 186: CRYSTAL CITY, LAMONA, IRBY, MOHLER, OTHER TOWNS
Creston an Eligibly Located Town — Surrounding Country — Advent of the Central Washington Railway — Wilbur One of the Most Enterprising Cities in the Big Bend — Saw-Mills — Boom Strikes the Town — Incorporation — Fire — Almira — Rapid Growth of the Village — Incorporation — Harrington — Once a Candidate for the County Seat — Downs — Edwall — Moscow — Odessa — Reardan — Mondovi — Govan — Sprague — Sensational History — Disastrous Conflagration — Irby — Mohler — Other Towns.
CHAPTER VI. DESCRIPTIVE.
p. 196-a: As Hellgate, Columbia River, Appears from an Elevation of One Thousand Feet
p. 196-a: Picking Strawberries, Lincoln County
p. 196-a: 11,595 Pounds of Lincoln County Wheat Going to Market
part 1, pp. 189-195 part 2, pp. 195-198
Outline Description of Lincoln County — Topography and Elevation — Sketch of the Big Bend — Railway Lines — Boundaries — Agricultural Lands — Fruits, Grain, Stock and Minerals— Cultivation of Domestic Grasses— Rich Bottom Lands Along the Columbia and Spokane Rivers — The Crystal Mining Company — Physical Aspect of Country — Egypt — Orchard Valley — Hellgate — Crab Creek.
CHAPTER VII. POLITICAL.
part 1, pp. 199-204 part 2, pp. 204-209
First Commissioners of Lincoln County — Officials Serving in 1885 — Political Complexion of Candidates Cuts But a Small Figure in the Early Days — Election of 1896 — Election Held May 14, 1899, to Choose
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Delegates to Constitutional Convention — Hon. H. VV. Fairweather, Frank M. Dallam and B. B. Glasscock Elected — Farmers' Alliance Goes Into Politics — Party Lines are Loosely Drawn — Result of Election of 1890 — The People's Party — Exciting Contest in 1892 — Concerted Efforts to Remove Sheriff S. E. De Rackin — Memorable Campaign of 1896 — Populists Achieve a Sweeping Victory — Prolonged Campaign of 1898— Elections of 1900 and 1902.
CHAPTER VIII. EDUCATIONAL. pp. 209-214
First County Board of Education Convenes at Davenport August 13, 1884 — Second Meeting in Sprague in 1885 — First Teachers' Institute in Sprague in August of the Same Year — Organization of First School District in 1883 — School Superintendent Pryor's Report for 1887 — Cortland Academy — School for Indian Children at Old Fort Spokane — Graphic Description of This Institution by Superintendent Avery — Most Successful Teachers' Institute at Davenport in 1904 — Roster of Lincoln County Teachers in 1904.
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INDEX OF LINCOLN COUNTY BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS
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PART III.
DOUGLAS COUNTY.
CHAPTER I. CURRENT EVENTS — 1871-1886.
p. 521-a: A Bit of the Mighty Columbia, Walled in
part 1, p. 521 part 2, p. 527 part 3, p. 534 part 4, p. 539
Genesis of the White Man's History — Romance of the Love-Sick Chinaman — Earlier Pioneers — Report of Lieutenant Symons — First Survey of the County — The Columbia River — Settlers of 1883 — Philip McEntee — Dan Paul — The Urquharts — Indian Scare — Roster of Douglas County Pioneers — Organization of the County Through Influence of J. W. Adams — Organic Act — Okanogan — The Badger Mountain Community — Early Assessment Rolls — Settlement of Foster Creek — Waterville Made the County Seat.
CHAPTER II. CURRENT EVENTS — 1886-1904.
p. 545-a: Branding Horses in Grand Coulee, Douglas County
p. 545-a: Rounding up Horses in Douglas County
part 1, p. 545 part 2, p. 551
Many Settlers Arrive in 1887 — Rival Railway Lines Fight for Position — First Grand and Petit Jurors — Crops Damaged by Dry Weather — Times of Financial Depression — Formal Opening of the Court House at Waterville — The Squirrel Pest — Hard Winter of 1890 Kills Off Stock — Sheep and Cattle Men Fight Bloody Battle — Land Office Located at Waterville — Saw-Mill Men Arrested for Timber Trespass — Financial Condition of 1893 Wrecks Industries — Floods in the Columbia — Gold Excitement — Industrial Exposition — Coulee City — Adrian Cut-off — Old Settlers' Association.
CHAPTER III. CITIES AND TOWNS.
p. 560-a: They Will Raise Wheat Bye and Bye
p. 560-a: One of the First Lumber Houses Built in Douglas County.—
A Landmark on the Frank J. Rusho Estate
p. 560-a: Moses Coulee Falls, at Low Water
p. 558: COULEE CITY
p. 562: HARTLINE
p. 564: WATERVILLE, part 1
p. 576-a: A Douglas County Wheat Scene
p. 570: WATERVILLE, part 2
p. 577: WILSONCREEK.
p. 580: OTHER TOWNS : BRIDGEPORT, QUINCY, EPHRATA, KRUPP, DOUGLAS, STRATFORD, ORONDO, RIVERVIEW, PORT COLUMBIA, OTHER TOWNS.
Coulee City — Curious and Picturesque — Original Name was McEntee — Early History — Advent of the Central Washington Railway — Pioneer Business Men — Round House Burned — Hartline — Outgrowth of the Town of Parnell — Located by J. W. Hartline — Great Wheat Shipping Point — Stephen Boise the First Settler — Pioneers of 1883 — Plans Laid to Remove County Seat from Okanogan to Waterville — Early Building Operations — Celebration of Fourth of July — A Government Townsite — Wilsoncreek — Rapid Growth of the Town — Destruction by Fire — City is Incorporated — Bridgeport Located by Connecticut Men — Quincy — Ephrata — Krupp — Douglas — Stratford — Other Towns.
CHAPTER IV. DESCRIPTIVE.
p. 594: Steamboat Rock, Grand Coulee, Douglas County
part 2, p. 586 part 2, p. 592 part 3, p. 598
Douglas County Emphatically a Wheat Section — Soil and Climate — Grand and Moses Coulees — Wild and Awe-inspiring Scenery — Steamboat and Pilot Rocks — Ruins of Old-Time Railway Enterprises — Situation, Area and Altitude — Famous Alkali Lakes — Moses Lake — Haystack Rocks — Crops Without Rain — Cool and Temperate Latitudes — Scientific Analysis of the Soil — Average Precipitation — Waterville and Orando Tramway.
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CHAPTER V. POLITICAL.
Pioneers Who First Served Douglas County — Commissioner Meyers Removes from the County — Initial Election — Party Lines are Loosely Drawn — First Republican and Democratic County Conventions — The 1888 Election — The 1892 Election — Populists Come Into Power — Republicans Recover Lost Ground in 1902.
CHAPTER VI. EDUCATIONAL.
E. E. Brown First Superintendent — California Settlement the Original School District — First School Taught West of the Coulees — Names of the Pupils — Third District Created August 4, 18S6 — The Waterville District — Pioneer School — Douglas County Teachers' Institute — Waterville School House — Total Value of School Property.
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INDEX OF DOUGLAS COUNTY BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS
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PART IV.
ADAMS COUNTY.
CHAPTER I. EARLY SETTLEMENT — 1865-1904
George Lucas the First White Man to Locate in Adams County — Tribute to the Pioneers — Dissensions Between Stockmen and Farmers — Earliest Settlement in Adams County Along Cow Creek — Pioneer George W. Bassett — He Locates at Kahlotus Springs, Afterwards Washtucna — Indian Legend Concerning the Name of These Springs — Earliest Attempts at Farming in the County — Philip Ritz — Many Settlers Come from South Dakota— Death of James Gordon Bennett — Severe Winter of 1880-81 — Advent of the Northern Pacific Railway — First Marriage in Adams County — Legislative Act Creating the County — Initial Meeting of the Commissioners — Taxes are Levied — Citizens Attempt to Secure Water by Sinking Artesian Wells — The County is Bonded for $20,000 to Build a Court House — Sudden Rise in Price of Railroad Land.
CHAPTER II. CITIES AND TOWNS.
Early History of Ritzville, Capital of Adams County — Settlers Flock In on the Trail of the Northern Pacific Railway — Church History — Congregationalists Build a House of Worship — Initial Fourth of July Celebration in Ritzville — Origin of Ritzville's Name — Scanty Supply of Water Causes Apprehension — Plan to Remove the Townsite Fails to Materialize — Status of the County Seat in 1888 — Incorporation — Water Works System Introduced in 1894 at a Cost of S20.000 — Citizens of Ritzville Organize a Volunteer Fire Department — History of Fraternal Societies — The Flouring Mill — Many Town Additions are Platted.
CHAPTER III. CITIES AND TOWNS — CONTINUED.
Lind a Thriving and Enterprising Town — Pioneer Charles Jell — Ten Voters in the Precinct — Establishment of a Postoffice — New Impetus Given to the Town in 1899 — Dirstine Brothers Open Their Store in 1898 — Proposition to Incorporate the Town of I ind is Carried by a Large Majority in 1902 — Washtucna, an Indian Name of Which No One Knows the English Equivalent — George W. Bassett the First Settler — Wheat Platform Built in 1891— Large Shipment of Grain the Same Year — Hatton, a Comparatively New Town in Eastern Washington — Mrs. John Hackett Becomes Postmistress — Growth of the Town — Cunningham — Original Name of the Place, Scott — Elder W. R. Cunningham the Father of the Town — Paha — Townsite Located by George A. Miller — It is Subsequently Vacated, But Relocated and Platted by the Northern Pacific Railway Company in 1889 — Gigantic Swindle in Connection With "Cascade City"— Other Places and Postoffices.
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CHAPTER IV. DESCRIPTIVE.
Area and Geological Formation of Adams County — Description of the Soil — Railway Facilities — Early Settlers Believed That the County was Only Suitable for Grazing Horses and Cattle — Climate — Rainfall — Description of Present Methods Prevailing in the Agricultural Industry — Principal Products — Large Wheat Shipment in 1902 — Irrigation — Construction of a Ditch from the Palouse River is Attended With Difficulties — Evidences of Thrift and Comfort on Every Hand.
CHAPTER V. POLITICAL.
First Commissioners and Other Officers cf Adams County — Initial Election Held in 1884 — Three Voting Precincts in the County — Election of 1886 — Result of County Election of 1890 — Sweeping Victory for the Populists in 1896 — Republicans Reverse This Result in 1898 — Democrats Carry the Day in 1900 — Populists and Democrats Fuse in 1902 and Elect a Majority of the County Officials.
CHAPTER VI. EDUCATIONAL.
Organization of First School District in Adams County — Pioneer School Building in the County — Mrs. James Gordon Bennett is Appointed Superintendent of Schools — Pioneer Teachers — Roster of Teachers in the County in 1888 — Mrs. Bennett Apportions School Moneys — Increase of School Districts Under the Administration of Superintendent Egbers — Present Condition of Schools.
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INDEX OF ADAMS COUNTY BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS
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PART V.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
CHAPTER I. CURRENT EVENTS — 1805-1902.
First White Men in Franklin County — Lewis and Clarke Supply Indians With Eye Salve — Organic Act Creating Franklin County — Descriptive — Year 1894 One of Great Floods in the Snake and Columbia Rivers — Rapid Increase of Population — County Seat Removed from Ainsworth to Pasco by Act of the Legislature — First Newspaper in Pasco — Organization of Irrigation Districts — The Squirrel Pest — Destructive Fire in Pasco — Crops Matured Without Irrigation — Tragedy at the Schuneman Ranch — Frightful Railroad Accident on Northern Pacific Near Connell — Organization of the First Sunday School — Jumping Homesteads — Murder of Peter Nelson.
CHAPTER II. CURRENT EVENTS — 1884-1904.
Railroad History of Franklin County — Invasion of Pasco by Coxey's Army of Commonwealers — Purchase of a Poor Farm for County Purposes — Early Days in the Town of Connell — Great Interest Taken in the Subject of Irrigation — First Wheat Grown in Franklin County — Birth of Many New Towns — Entertainment of President Roosevelt by Pasco Citizens — Flattering Growth and Prosperity of Connell — Organization of Franklin County Bank — Suicide of Gottleib Werner — First Franklin County Sunday School Convention Meets at Connell — Completion of the Survey of Connell Townsite — Connell's Excellent Water System — Business Houses of Connell Moved to East Side of Railroad Tracks — Connell Commer- cial Club — Report of Superintendent of Schools Gaiser.
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INDEX OF FRANKLIN COUNTY BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS
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PART VI.
ADDENDA.
CHAPTER I. PRESS OF LINCOLN, DOUGLAS, ADAMS AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES.
Lincoln County Times — Sprague Sentinel — Herald — Wilbur Register — Daily Papers in Sprague — Lincoln County Democrat — Many Suspensions — Mr. De Rackin's Editorial Career — Medical Lake Ledger — Almira's First Paper — Editorial Association — Douglas County Journalism — Pioneer Sheet the Big Bend Empire, of Waterville — Nine Years Without a Newspaper — Hartline Standard — Coulee City Review — Big Bend Chief — Quincy Record — Bridgeport Post — Adams County — Pioneer Newspaper Published in 1885 — Ritzville Times — Mail — Adams County News — Lind Leader — Hatton Hustler — Paha Hub — Franklin County — Pasco Headlight — Franklin County Register — Pasco Pilot.
CHAPTER II. REMINISCENT.
Lost on the Plains of the Big Bend — Indian Legend Concerning the Origin of Spokane River — History of a Crime — Sea Serpent in Crab Creek — A Well of Gold — Tales of the Grand Coulee — Story of Early Days — Killed a Bear on Main Street — In the Early Days — A Mysterious Death — "Jim" Odgers' First Paper — A. L. Rodgers' Gold Mine — Church Services in a Saloon — Castle Rock — The Blood Thirsty Coyote — Jim's Report — First Adams County Strawberries.
CHAPTER III. LIEU LAND LITIGATION.
Practically Affected All the Counties Traversed by the Northern Pacific Railway — Original Grant Providing for Withdrawal of Lands — Law Becomes Effective in Washington Territory in 1870 — Forty-Mile Limit — A Double Withdrawal — Immense Tide of Immigration Overflows Lieu Lands — Ten Miles Added to the Limits — Case of Guilford Miller vs. Northern Pacific Railway Company — Strong Letter from President Grover Cleveland — He Takes Sides With the Actual Bona Fide Settlers — Secretary of the Interior Vilas Decides the Case in Favor of Miller — He is Sustained Later by Secretary Hoke Smith — Case is Carried to the Supreme Court of the United States — Miller ajid Cole Again Victorious — Compromise is Finally Reached — United States Senator John L. Wilson Secures the Passage of a Bill Favorable to Homesteaders.
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ILLUSTRATIONS
A Corner of the "Bread Basket," Adams County 753
Heading Outfit, Adams County 789
Threshing Scene, Adams County 784
Noon Hour for the Wheat Haulers 768
Loading a Train From the Farmers' Warehouse, Lind, Adams
County 796
Steam Plow Belonging to S. L. Thomas, at Work on His Estate
Near Hatton 786
One of the Combined Harvesters Owned by S. L. Thomas and
Used to Assist in Gathering the Wheat Crop from His
Ranch of Five Thousand Acres East from Hatton 786
Steam Combined Harvester of S. L. Thomas Operating on His
Wheat Ranch Near Hatton 786
Residence of S. L. Thomas 786
Palouse Falls, Franklin County 919
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