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Home of the Tarheel Stomp Mortimer Cook slept here & named the town Bug |
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Ed. note: Lawrence K. Hodges book was published in 1897, after he wrote a series of articles for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, magazines and newspapers around the region and the U.S. A facsimile was printed by the famous old Shorey bookstore in Seattle in 1970 and can be found in some metropolitan libraries. Part of the book is derived from a long essay that Hodges wrote in 1896, named How a Prospector Lives, which was reprinted in the Northwest Discovery magazine, October 1980: page 204. Because the subject is far from being our expertise, we hope that a reader will supply more information about Hodges and will supply more background and interpretation of what is sometimes complex data in the story excerpted below. We have only lightly edited the typewritten manuscript to correct typos and omissions in the text. We have also provided underscored links for some of the people involved so that you can read more about their background.
See these maps from the National Parks Service NOCA division, which will help you place where different rivers, creeks and settlements were in this mining area: Landre area; Newhalem and south; Diablo-Ruby-Slate; |
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This photo was taken decades ago, looking east towards Cascade pass. Gilbert Landre's cabin is in the left center near the creek and Johannesberg Mountain is out of the frame to the right. Photo courtesy of Dr. Albert Merritt and the Hazel Tracy collection. Hazel was a niece of Sadie Silverling, the legendary hotel owner in Marblemount. Hazel passed away in 2003. |
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This is a photo of a pack team organized by Tommy Rowland at the turn of the century. Due to the primitive roads in the mining districts, the only way to ship supplies to miners and prospectors was by these pack teams. Rowland (also spelled Roland) came to the area in 1895 and built a cabin at Big Beaver creek. He was a highly eccentric man and sometimes called himself the Prophet Elisha. He was eventually judged insane and taken "outside" to be committed at the state hospital in Steilacoom. Photo from Dr. Jesse Kennedy and the North Cascades National Park Service Complex photo collection. |
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