[or-roots] timber in Whitman County WA

[Kith-n-Kin]

Judy
 
Thanks!  
 
Now that I brought it up, I thought I'd check the actual BLM records. Surprise!  These kids had either
homesteads, or "cash sales entry - 3 Stat. 566" entries. No "timber culture." Go figure. 
 
So, some family "legend" was not quite on target. But what about 2ggrandpa?  I don't find his land in
Whitman at all. Yet, I've seen the plat maps for said land, and been to the farm personally. My guess is
he bought it from the patentee, and it was a secondary sale, therefore not on the land records.
 
Shows to go you -- never trust your relatives memories.
 
Pat

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At one time, before the farming became so prevalent and late in the 1800's there was significant timber on
the Palouse Hills.  So much so that Rockford Wa (located in southern Spokane County) was inundated with
loggers.  The loggers tended to enjoy Saturday night and Rockford boasted of the highest crime rate in the
US for the period of time that logging went on in the area. These crimes consisted primarily of murdering
each other.(Spokane and Whitman counties adjoin)

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