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Secretary Bernhardt Listens to Local Concerns and Scraps Plans to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears into the North Cascades Ecosystem

July 10, 2020 in , /by

Secretary Bernhardt Listens to Local Concerns and Scraps Plans to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears into the North Cascades Ecosystem 7/7/2020 Last edited 7/8/2020 Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 Contact: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov OMAK, WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced today at a roundtable with community members in Omak, Washington that the Department of […]

Bill Buzzard: Miner, Rancher and Packer

October 31, 2019 in , /by

Bill Buzzard first came to the Stehekin Valley in 1889 to check out mining at Horseshoe Basin. He then patented the Buzzard Homestead in 1904 which consisted of 160 acres. The Buckner Orchard and the Stehekin School sit on the former homestead. Here is an article from the Chelan Leader dated this week in 1896 announcing […]

The First Year at the Homestead by Mike Barnhart

January 31, 2019 in /by

In the spring of 1918, my grandparents, Hugh and Mamie Courtney acquired the old William Mcomb homestead at the end of Company Creek road. Below is an excerpt from my forthcoming book  “At Home In The Woods – A Stehekin Family History – The Moores and Courtney’s”, along with a photo of the Cronk Cabin. […]

The Homestead Heritage

January 31, 2019 in , /by

The Stanley Place by Bucky Gans [originally printed in the Stehekin Choice newspaper; edition August/September 1993] Where the name of McGregor Mountain originated Approximately five miles upvalley from the head of the lake lies one of the more desirable homestead sites in the Stehekin Valley, with level, fertile land, not heavily timbered and abundant water […]