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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • State history. Native Americans. Hunting. 1931-08-30


    • Peone slaughter ground

    • 1931

    • Peone slaughter ground. - Spokane Indians drove deer on prairie for big kill. - Peone prairie was the great game slaughter grounds of the early Spokanes. The Indians used to assemble in the fall and start out for deer, the hunt taking about a...
    • State history. Native Americans. Hunting. 1931-08-30
    • State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1936-12-10


    • Indian prairie pioneer succumbs in sleep

    • 1936

    • Indian prairie pioneer succumbs in sleep. - Death came to Llewellyn Llewellyn, 73, as the pioneer of Indian prairie district slept, is the belief of officers who investigated yesterday when he was found dead in his bed at the home northwest of the...
    • State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1936-12-10
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Projects. 1926-07-08


    • Tells of study of Idaho plan.

    • 1926

    • Tells of study of Idaho plan. - Rathdrum Prairie Irrigation project would include 125,000 acres land. - As a result of studies being made by engineers working under the direction of Engineer Swendson of Idaho it has been determined that about...
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Projects. 1926-07-08
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Projects. 1932-11-29


    • Water project supported.

    • 1932

    • Water project supported. - Chamber favors Cabinet Gorge-Rathdrum Prairie Proposal. - The Chamber of Commerce here today agreed that promotion of the Rathdrum Prairie irrigation project, expected eventually to serve about 100,000 acres of rich land...
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Projects. 1932-11-29
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Surveys. 1935-07-03


    • Have FDR okeh on Prairie job.

    • 1935

    • Have FDR okeh on Prairie job. - $100,000 for survey given approval of President. - According to information in a telegram to The Press today from Senator James P. Pope of Idaho, more than four million dollars worth of reclamation projects will be...
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Surveys. 1935-07-03
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Camps. 1936-08-06


    • Lumber camp to open at Prairie - Ten mile tract will require ten years for clearance

    • 1936

    • Lumber camp to open at Prairie - Ten mile tract will require ten years for clearance - Work on the road to the new logging operations of the Evergreen Logging company near Prairie is being rushed this week as operators, enthusiastic over timber to...
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Camps. 1936-08-06
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1928-08-27


    • Prospect for ore on Moran prairie

    • 1928

    • Prospect for ore on Moran prairie.
      Young men find indications of valuable minerals near Spokane.
      Thomas Booth became so interested in his chemistry studies when he was a senior in Lewis and Clark high school a year ago, that he obtained...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1928-08-27
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Projects. 1931-07-04


    • To survey irrigation methods.

    • 1931

    • To survey irrigation methods. - Two methods of irrigating 40,000 acres on Rathdrum Prairie, east of Spokane, are expected to be included in a federal engineering survey and report to the Bureau of Reclamation by A. H. Bashore, senior engineer in...
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Projects. 1931-07-04
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Projects. 1935-08-09


    • Local people desire project.

    • 1935

    • Local people desire project. - Com. Mead says no funds to carry on - Will fight here. - Local officials of the city and Chamber of Commerce are making every effort to change the situation regarding Cabinet Gorge project, which according to...
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Projects. 1935-08-09
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Projects. 1936-07-30. p. 1.


    • Idaho plans $14,000,000 irrigation project in its northern district.

    • 1936

    • Idaho plans $14,000,000 irrigation project in its northern district. - Northern Idaho is preparing to irrigate 80,000 fertile acres in the Rathdrum Prairie region of the Panhandle by constructing a $14,000,000 dam and power plant at Cabinet Gorge...
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Projects. 1936-07-30. p. 1.
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Projects. 1936-07-30. p. 2.


    • Idaho plans $14,000,000 irrigation project in its northern district.

    • 1936

    • Idaho plans $14,000,000 irrigation project in its northern district. - Northern Idaho is preparing to irrigate 80,000 fertile acres in the Rathdrum Prairie region of the Panhandle by constructing a $14,000,000 dam and power plant at Cabinet Gorge...
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Projects. 1936-07-30. p. 2.
    • State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1932-04-22


    • Columbia basin to shut office

    • 1932

    • Columbia basin to shut office. - Columbia basin offices of the federal government located here will be closed Saturday, April 30, by Harry S. Bashore, reclamation engineer for the interior department.
    • State history. Columbia Basin. General. 1932-04-22
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. G. 1928-04-23


    • Pioneer recalls law of prairie
      R. M. Graham tells of hanging in days of covered wagon.

    • 1928

    • Pioneer recalls law of prairie
      R. M. Graham tells of hanging in days of covered wagon.
      Recalling scenes in the upper Walla Walla valley in the early '70s, R. M.Graham, 83, of Yakima, a veteran of the covered wagon days, visited here last week.
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. G. 1928-04-23
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. P. 1936-02-21


    • Pays family came from mid-west in prairie schooner

    • 1936

    • Pays family came from mid-west in prairie schooner
      Inside the Peoh Point loop lies the ranch of one of the district's covered wagon settlers, that of Felix Pays, who trekked overland from Keokuk, Iowa, in 1897.
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. P. 1936-02-21
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-06-22


    • Camas Prairie uncovers coal

    • 1920

    • Camas Prairie uncovers coal.
      Lewiston reports plan to form company for opening of field. Lewiston reports the discovery of coal on Camas prarie in Idaho county and that steps are being taken to form a company to open the property. Lem Neil of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-06-22
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Projects. 1936-07-30


    • Idaho plans $14,000,000 irrigation project in its northern district.

    • 1936

    • Idaho plans $14,000,000 irrigation project in its northern district. - Northern Idaho is preparing to irrigate 80,000 fertile acres in the Rathdrum Prairie region of the Panhandle by constructing a $14,000,000 dam and power plant at Cabinet Gorge...
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Projects. 1936-07-30
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Irrigation & reclamation. 1936-11-23


    • Soil Builders note results in northwest

    • 1936

    • Soil Builders note results in northwest. - Reclamation Association meeting in Spokane surveys field. - In Coulee dam area. - Reclamation and its value to the nation is the theme of the National Reclamation Association meeting here today and...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Irrigation & reclamation. 1936-11-23

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