First quartz claims and early mining in Stevens County history
A recount of early mining records in Stevens County including 1873 notices for quartz claims near Pend Oreille, and the 1878 discovery of the first ledges by Sullivan, Rossiter, and Fenwick. Accounts describe transfers, local dangers, and a frontier ethos as memories of the era endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Struve
Territorial
Thomas Reed
Thomas M. Reed
W. Wait
Daniel Driscoll
Aurora
Colville
Pend Oreille County
Michael R. O. Sullivan
Sullivan Lake
Richard Rossiter
Louis Fenwick
Fenwick
Chewelah
Sullivan
Big Falls
Big Bluff
New Haven
Metaline Falls
Pend Oreille
Stevens County
Robert S. Goldman
John Alfred Webster
New Westminster
B. C
Okanogan County
Oroville
Early Gold Finds Recounted From Northwest History
Excerpted notes recounting 1850s gold discoveries along the Columbia and Flathead regions. The account credits Morel and Morrell as early finders at Fort Colvile and Flint Creek, with reports of black sand gravels yielding gold and plans to explore up the Columbia cliffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pend O’'Reille
Columbia
Abraham
Pend O’reille
British Columbia
Queen Charlottes Island
Victoria
Fort Hope
Frazer River
J. A. Meyers
Meyers Falls
Wash
The
Examiner
Washington Historical Quarterly
Angus MacDonald
Hudson Bay Co
Fort Colvile
Joseph Morrell
Little Joe
Montana
Flint Creek
Owens
Colvile
California
Morel
Oregon
Upper
H. B. Express
Old Spring Thrills and the Baseball Series
An informal reminiscence celebrates baseball as the game of games and spring ritual. The piece recalls childhood lessons, yarn balls, sticks, and the enduring thrill of baseball, inviting participation in upcoming games and the season ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Jones
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Worth in Spokane Case
Mrs. Roll Cookston of Spokane Washington reports chronic back pain headaches dizziness and urinary distress tied to a grippe illness. After using Doan's Kidney Pills she found relief after two doses and claims no kidney trouble for a year. Price 60 cents at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Roll Cookston
Spokane
Wash
Northwest Machinery and Storage Co Ad for Used Equipment
We buy and sell second hand threshing machines traction steam and gas engines Write us Northwest Machinery and Storage Company North 1405 Ash Street Spokane Wash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Machinery Company
Spokane
Washington
Northwest Machinery and Storage Company
Ash Street
Spokane, Wash
Iawatha
Olstein
Tawatha "Dairy CO
Pacific Ave
Spokane Wash
Medicinal Patent Ads Offer Burdeck Bittern and First Aid Lotion
Vintage ad copy urges readers to try Burdeck Blood Bittern for languor and headaches, with price $1.25 and note to ask a druggist. Also promotes a Dr. Thomas Eclectic medical salve for burns and cuts, sold by all druggists at 60 cents or less.
Crow-Elkhart Improves Comfort and Efficiency in Car Design
The Crow-Elkhart showcases a dash controlled ventilating hood drive shaft speedometer a splash pan license bracket octagon headlights linoleum and aluminum floor boards. It features ash body curved sawed parts hand brushed paint piano finish and fuel economy of 20 to 28 miles per gallon with three advanced components Borg Beck clutch Hotchkiss drive and Thermoid Hardy joints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crow-Elkhart
Borg & Beck
Also Mentioned on This Page
Geo. Heimbach
First National Bank
Colville, Washington
Akron-Williams
Canadian Pacific Railway
Alberta
E. D. Germain
Chewelah, Wash
R. C. Bosworth
Sprague Ave
A. V. Overman & Company Livestock Commission
Union Stock Yards
Union Stockyards
Ideal Laundry Company
Boone Ave
Chesterfield
Illustrated Homebuilders
Ketter Millscort Sah and Door
ROVIG
First Ave. S
Seattle
GROW
Elkhart
Fred H. Martin
P. O
Stevens County Power and Light P
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