100 Years of Stehekin Heritage!
Stehekin Courtney Homestead:Celebrating 100 Year Anniversary! Mamie and Hugh Courtney at the homestead, 1942 “….That winter, Hugh and Mamie put their name in for the old, abandoned William McComb homestead […]
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Grizzly Bear Importation Halted!
Stehekin Heritage Grizzly Bear Update Yakima Herald Dec. 19, 2017 “Official: North Cascades grizzly bear recovery work halted” “A decision on whether to bring grizzly bears back to the North Cascades won’t be […]
Mike Barnhart addresses the closure of the Stehekin Road: “I see an unfinished job here in Stehekin.”
Mike Barnhart, lifelong Stehekin resident and historian, expresses the significant changes the Stehekin Road closure has made on his, and others, ability to reach the high country. The following writing […]
A One of a Kind View: An era of Look Outs
Seasonal work is a large part of Stehekin history and present day life in our valley and community. Summers spent in Stehekin are never forgotten. Firefighting has been a necessary […]
Early destinations in Stehekin: The Field Hotel
A famous destination at the head of Lake Chelan in it’s day, the Field Hotel played a significant role in visitor relaxation and recreation in the North Cascades. Innovation to […]
Hard work, character, and persistence: Making a way in Stehekin
Subsistence living was the heart and beginning of Stehekin history. Hard work was a daily reality of survival. What motivated people to stay and make Stehekin their home? Read an […]
“Access for All”
It isn’t just Stehekin people who want the Stehekin Upper Valley Road open. Many supporters gathered in Chelan to express their heartfelt reasons to the NPS for re-gaining access to […]