http://stehekinheritage.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-first-year-at-homestead-reprinted.html

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 account of the reality of mountain living written by resident Mike Barnhart: http://stehekinheritage.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-first-year-at-homestead-reprinted.html