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Told by the Pioneers A PAPER READ BY MRS. GRAY BEFORE A Sn';DAY SCHOOL ASSEMBLY IN SPOKA"},-E Sept. 1, 1931 "I have been asked by Mr. Knapp to tell you briefly what Spokane was like when Mr. Gray and I and my two little brothers Charles and William Smiley arrived here. • "It was on the eighth day of October, 1878, just j3 years and seven months and seven days ago today since I first caught sight of the little town of Spokane Falls, as it was then called. 'Ve had been six days on the road coming from 'Yalla Walla. "The family traveling in a covered wagon drawn by two horses, was accompanied by a large schooner wagon drawn by six horses and heavily loaded with all kinds of thiugs to use in the building of a small countn hotel. • "The site for a town was magnificent to look at as we approached the business part of town. But in that day it had only one store, a small flonr mill, a saw mill and a blacksmith shop. "There were nine families here and we made the tenth. "The names of these men who were here with their families were the Rev. H. T. Cowley, J. K. Glm-er, Frederick Post, J. J. Brown, Alexander Warner, Dr. Masterson, Sam Arthur, 1\11'. Lowery, !'Ill'. Downer and Mr. W. C. Grav. • "Besides the families there were a few unmarried men. I remember well the Dart brothers, the Percival brothers, Platt Carboley, Mr. Grant and Mr. Terviu, but I feel sure that there were t,,'o or three other men whose names I fail to recall. "Altogether, we then uumbered about forty people, but by the last of November the uumber of persons had increased to 90 by the addition of ei~ht more families. "They were the families of l\lI'. 'Wood, }Ir. Polk, ~Ir. Ellis, Dr. Waterhouse' Captain NosIer, Mr. Caunon and two families named Oliver, who were not related. Nearly all of us lived on Front Street, now known as Trent Avenue. This was in order that we might obtain our water from the adjacent river. ":Mr. Cowlev's home was on a tract of land which he owned, and his bouse stood on the south end of what is known as Cowley Park. A lovely stream of water flowed through his place. He was a missionary to the Indians and the result of his work has made real Chris~ 175
To~d by the Pioneers tians of many of them. most all kinds of work. without their help. They were honest and very capable in doing I don't know how we would have gotten along "There were no bridges across the river nearer than the K. M. Cowley bridge about 15 miles up the river and the Lapwai bridge 20 miles down the river. There were no churches and no schools at that time. This church was organized by a handful of Christians the next year, 1879. "",Vhen the "winter set in about the middle of December, the thermometer registered about 20 degrees below zero for quite a while and the snow fell until it measured five feet on the level in front of our unfinished hotel. ",Ve were entirely cut off from the outside world and for six months we received no mail. The winter finally passed and the year of 1879 brought new hopes and sanguine expectations. This was caused by the re-survey of the Northern Pacific Railroad with prospects of speedy construction. The realization of long-expected prosperity seemed neal' at hand, and here I must leave you." (JurE lJLA~'CHE (BENSON) MUNKS Skagit County .?llrs. 2\1unks (Olive Benson) came to the State of ",Vashington from Conway, Taylor County, Iowa, in 1888 . Years before this, 2\lrs. Munks, then Miss Benson, had met :Mr. Munks, in Creston, Iowa, where she was visiting with an intimate friend of his sisters. Mrs. Munks eame west on a through train from :Minneapolis to Seattle, where she was met by 1\fr. William !llunks and 1\lr. A. A. Denny. Mr. Denny had just bought a new buggy and pair of black horses and insisted that 2\1r. Munks take them and show his intended bride the city. They "'ere married the next day after her arrival in Seattle, her twentieth birthday anniversary. A few days later the newlyweds moved to Anacortes, Fidalgo island on the steamer ""\\rashington. Here Mrs. Munks found her new home a big house in the midst of towering trees, three children of the first marriage of her husband. Mr. William Munks first came to the Bellingham Bay country in 1857 and visited F'idalgo Island as early as 1859. At that time he was employed as a scout by the State of Oregon. 176
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Told by the Pioneers River. Father
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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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