Vignette Vol.1 No.4
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Bob Anderson
1888. Noxon. Excerpt--"The population in Noxon included a few settlers, railroad section gangs, and men freighting supplies from the railroad spur at Smeads Landing through the Bull River Valley to the Kootenai River Valley where the Great Northern Railroad was being built.
There were two sawmills, Frank Lyons' and Greenough's. Bob Anderson planted his orchard by the river. The trees thrived in the clearing he'd wrested from the forest using brawn, and dawn-to-dark use of an axe, a grub hoe, dynamite, and a spring-though-fall fire."
Tom Stanton
1891 Smeads. Excerpt--"The community of Smeads prided itself on having 8 to 10 houses, a Company Store and two saloons. County commissioners at Missoula were persuaded on July 9th to license James Rutherford to operate a ferry across the Clark's Fork River at Smeads Spur, his pay $40 a month. A week later, on July 16, the commissioners gave the ferry license to Carson Rutherford & Company. Rutherford, who'd had the ferry license at Smeads, had lost it to Tom Stanton. But when Stanton got into the freighting business, he could no longer operate the ferry, so in September 1891, John Williams took it over. Williams gave up the dangerous occupation in January 1892, when heavy snowfall, or plunging temperature, challenged ferryman and passengers. B.S. Baker bought the barge-like affair, and took up transporting heaving loads across the Clark's Fork River. Contractors and freighters were hacking out a "tote road" from Smeads, roughly following the Old Daly Trail, north through the Bull River Valley toward Troy."
Lucy Allan
Noxon. Excerpt--In 1904, 6-year old Lucy Allan, the youngest of seven children, came with their parents. Their covered wagon was pulled right down the railroad line by four horses. Their mother rode in the covered carriage pulled by two horses. The Allans had met the Raynors while they'd all been stopped near Missoula. When they arrived at Noxon, they crossed to the north side of the Clark's Fork River on the ferry Griffin owned and operated. His property fronted the south side of the river, east of the NPRR depot.
The Allans camped on the Raynor's place in Soldier Gulch while they looked over the land. A short time later they went to the James Bauer place for a few days before moving on to Heron, where they located and stayed for twenty years. Mrs. Annie Allan served the town as mid-wife, while her husband, Fred, was a constable for many years.
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[Resource: BEHIND THESE MOUNTAINS ]
Bob Anderson
1888. Noxon. Excerpt--"The population in Noxon included a few settlers, railroad section gangs, and men freighting supplies from the railroad spur at Smeads Landing through the Bull River Valley to the Kootenai River Valley where the Great Northern Railroad was being built.
There were two sawmills, Frank Lyons' and Greenough's. Bob Anderson planted his orchard by the river. The trees thrived in the clearing he'd wrested from the forest using brawn, and dawn-to-dark use of an axe, a grub hoe, dynamite, and a spring-though-fall fire."
Tom Stanton
1891 Smeads. Excerpt--"The community of Smeads prided itself on having 8 to 10 houses, a Company Store and two saloons. County commissioners at Missoula were persuaded on July 9th to license James Rutherford to operate a ferry across the Clark's Fork River at Smeads Spur, his pay $40 a month. A week later, on July 16, the commissioners gave the ferry license to Carson Rutherford & Company. Rutherford, who'd had the ferry license at Smeads, had lost it to Tom Stanton. But when Stanton got into the freighting business, he could no longer operate the ferry, so in September 1891, John Williams took it over. Williams gave up the dangerous occupation in January 1892, when heavy snowfall, or plunging temperature, challenged ferryman and passengers. B.S. Baker bought the barge-like affair, and took up transporting heaving loads across the Clark's Fork River. Contractors and freighters were hacking out a "tote road" from Smeads, roughly following the Old Daly Trail, north through the Bull River Valley toward Troy."
Lucy Allan
Noxon. Excerpt--In 1904, 6-year old Lucy Allan, the youngest of seven children, came with their parents. Their covered wagon was pulled right down the railroad line by four horses. Their mother rode in the covered carriage pulled by two horses. The Allans had met the Raynors while they'd all been stopped near Missoula. When they arrived at Noxon, they crossed to the north side of the Clark's Fork River on the ferry Griffin owned and operated. His property fronted the south side of the river, east of the NPRR depot.
The Allans camped on the Raynor's place in Soldier Gulch while they looked over the land. A short time later they went to the James Bauer place for a few days before moving on to Heron, where they located and stayed for twenty years. Mrs. Annie Allan served the town as mid-wife, while her husband, Fred, was a constable for many years.
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