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November 2017 – getting ready for winter
I once read an essay that a Stehekin School student had written about November. It was a short piece and it was not intended to be an amusing composition, but the depth of this young man’s negative sentiment about the gray, wet days of November are ultimately entertaining, capturing the feeling that is common in […]
Historical Events to Remember…reprinted from the 2009 Guidebook
“As the chickens were busy gobbling up the pancakes and oatmeal on the porch table and dad was running around like a wild man, your mom was making her entry into the world in a small log cabin at the end of Company Creek road”. This was how my uncle Laurence Courtney remembered the day. […]
Reasons for reopening the Upper Stehekin Valley Road
Promises: Legislation – public access for all – public safety – valley culture and heritage “Because opening the Upper Stehekin Valley Road is in keeping with the intention of all legislation for the area… Because the opening of the Upper Stehekin Valley Road is necessary to provide public access for all and… Because opening the […]
A Plea to Protect Stehekin’s Private Land Base
Calling for an end to further NPS land aquisition, Tom and Liz Courtney, members of a subcommittee of Stehekin Heritage, presented the following on Janaury 10, 2011, at the NPS LLP and SRCIP meeting at the Golden West Visitor Center in Stehekin. Since this testimony, more acreage of private land has been acquired. As of this […]
Jim Nicol – Pioneer of Upper Lake Chelan
Born and raised near Frankfort, Kentucky, Jim Nicol, with his hometown friend Lee Church, migrated west arriving at Chelan, Washington in October 1893. In their late thirties, both men had worked a variety of jobs in the south between Kentucky and Texas, acquiring skills that would come in handy in the Pacific Northwest. Jim was […]
Thank you for the support
Friday, April 28th, was the last day to submit responses to the Grizzly Bear Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). Stehekin Heritage thanks all who used the “Grizzly Bear Information Library” and sent letters responding to the grizzly Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). For many reasons, we supported Alternative A, the “no action” alternative. Overall, the […]