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Told by the Pioneers I wrote to Mrs. Stair asking for a permit to teach and whether I should come to Yakima and take an examination. I received no answer. As soon as the school house was completed, the people wanted school to begin. Not hearing from the superintendent, I objected. Mr. Rich said he would guarantee my money. I asked about a contract; he vetoed that. Our verbal contract was that I should receive $40 a month and transportation across the river, as I lived on the north side, and .lUr. Rich had a ferry boat for the benefit of the public. On the south side of the landing was an old cottonwood tree which gave it the name of Lone Tree Landing, so the school was called "Lone Tree." School commenced about the 20th of June, 1884. Our furniture was very crude but no complaints were made. ~Irs. Rich donated a chair for the teacher. \Ve had a blackboard but no cravon. • They .'.... sent to Yakima Citv for it. Word came back that thev .' did not handle it, so they had to send to Portland and it took two weeks to get it. A carpenter sent us a piece of carpenter chalk to use until the crayon arrived. • I kept a record in my note book, but later that was destro~-ed. I was hired for a three months' term, as that was the usual term. I made no reports. There were twenty-one students enrolled; sixteen local and five came with the railroad workers. Some came three days, and others longer, then went to the next construction camp. In August the county superintendent sent me a notice that examin~ ations would be held on August 12, 13, 14, 1884. I attended them. During the examinations the county superintendent was assisted by .:\11'. Cook, a teacher from Moxee. The first morning there was quite an excitement at the school house where the examinations were being held. .:\1r. and Mrs. Cook came to town on horseback and had to swim the Yakima River. 1111'S. Cook's horse lost its footing and carried her down stream before her husband could rescue her. No one was hurt but everyone had a big scare. During the summer and fall the Northern Pacific railroad was being built through this part of the country. It was a lively time for Prosser. It was presidential election ~'ear, too, and women were allowed to vote that year in Washington, the law being repealed soon after. The polling place was in the new school house. Grovel' Cleveland was elected, James G. Blaine defeated. After summer school closed I was hired for a winter term of three months, with school to commence in December. Fifteen pupils en- 15
To~d by the Pioneers rolled; later two more came. I received $45.00 per month. We lived in town then. The weather was fine until a week before Christmas. Then came the worst snow storm I had ever seen. I never saw so much snow fall in such a short time. It was so dark the pupils could not see to study. At three o'clock Theodore Wright came to the school house with a horse to take the children home. He put the little ones on the horse and led it. The others lined up and I fell in behind to see that none of them left the trail. He left all the children at the hotel, that being the first place we came to. I lived across the railroad tracks and it was quite a grade. He said, "Get on the horse and I will take you over." I thought I could get through alone, but finally mounted and he took me home, then he called on all the neighbors and told them where their children werC'. We had vacation for three weeks. The river was frozen over and the skating was fine, but very few had skates. Many sent for them but by the time the skates arrived the skating days were over. The winter term would be out in the early part of March, but not before election time. The first Saturday in March, Mr. Van Ant,,-erp, :\1r. Rich and Mr. Chamberlain were elected school directors, and }lr. Van Antwerp was clerk of the election. He was also the first county commissioner from this part of the county. At that time this district took in the major part of what later became Benton County. It was called the Lone Tree district, whether officially or not, I cannot say. The new directors found they had enough money to continue the school two months longer and I was hired for that length of time. That ended our first school year in Prosser. During the winter of 1884-85 the to·wn of Prosser was s1llTe~'ed and pIatted. Miss Clara ,Vard was our next teacher. Some of the earlyday houses are still standing but the Prosser home was torn down and part of the homestead is now Prosser Park. JOSEPH SMITH FEA Pend Oreille Countv • I was born in Scotland in 1850, and came to America with my parents in 1854. :\IY family landed at New Orleans and later moved to St. • • Louis, where father operated a foundry and I grew to manhood. While in St. Louis my father became intimately acquainted with 16
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Told by the Pioneers Landing. When
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Told by the Pioneers Loren Bingham
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Told by the Pioneers Port Townsend,
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Told by the Pioneers was part owner
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Told by the Pioneers HUGH ELDRIDGE
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Told by the Pioneers white settlers
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Told by the Pioneers British Columb
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Told by the Pioneers The immigratio
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Logging in Mason County Told by the
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INDEX Benton, 149 Benton, Maine, 16
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INDEX Cold Spring Canyon, 13 Colfax
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INDEX Engle, A. W., Mrs., 51 Engle,
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INDEX Hays, Logan, 82 Hearn, Lamber
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INDEX Ketchikan, Alaska, 127 Kimbal
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INDEX Montgomery, William (Bill), 1
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'SDEX Polk, 1 'i 5 Polk County, Ore
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INDEX Second National Bank, Colfax,
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INDEX Touchet Valley, 134, 135, 150
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INDEX Yakima River, 15 Yakima Valle
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