Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-28

Qua wsst cad three miles from Che.
halls II ulsquaao, and ID 10 situated ca
60 eminenoe oVeTlookinQ one Of IL
Aa11l valleys 81 ~ oo1nty. IEs bio.
near aettloF at OIacuato Was J.. A. DAVIS,
new deceased, who came there IN 1852.
A. that time the malls we're carried
from CoWiitz Landing % Olympia b
pony expEogs, va Claquafo, and afteT
Postmaster. On the ChehalIa river,
which passes In the immediafe vicinity
Of the toWa, Mr.. DAVIS crested q aaW-
mill IN 1855. and 10 1850 be built . gEisi
mill adjoining the aawmill. u Waa
about 1855 when The old stage Inns wa
established By Henry WinsoF, which
continued running On she ED rOuta
until 1851, when fhs military road Was
complslsd, then Is followed that read.
The county seat vas moved 20 Olaquaar
In 1850. and L. A. Davis built the oourl
house on tie ground nov occupied BY
". h. q. Davis barn. Hare toe busf
meas of ihe ooanty was done antil April
6, 1874, when Il was removed 30 Oheha,
Ia AZ 70 churches, the Methodist va
the pioneer, for Mr.. Davis crested I
church foF that assassination IN 1853
ae9agNina tbs KiKht. however, for al
. neG ohuTeA Organizations 70 worship
tnersin. nd that she ediGcs should b
used for schools. A large amount 81
credit should Be attributed % L. A.
d wis fer his hospitality 20 strangers
nd fer the entggpFiainR spirit mani
le. % toward eli public enterprises. Al
lilustralien Of his public spirit is q
hand. de Gus out ths road from Ola.
4 20 leading 10 Hkookum Chuck, for 4
Hnnoe Of Sax miles and In an 0ppo-
site direction towards McDonaldis pEai
RE, fog nine miles. Ne. Reed es4ab
llshed The ifst store &c Claqnato ana
The business done a. the plaea now is I
noTehandising eafAhii8hmant \ pt b
John Miles. and Hsrdman q Gnyetts
4le q waeo1 and blauksmfth shop
ehile Hazard 4 Moo1s are Aeusl
buildars.
Tia Chehalis valley. as is termed lhs
natural cleared land surrounding Ola.
quato, Is The richest 10 be foand Ia any
country, and Is some six miles Iona ),
two vide. Here are grown all the
cereals, while one % ilB chief uses 4
that Of raising stock. This valley rs,
on either side Of the Ohehalis river, and
ths names Of its principal farmers arr
as follows John Alexsnder, A. BuFbee
LEVI CAFES. VIM Hazard, J. H. Long
Henry Miles. ]. II. and O. u. Goa, Geo
Thomas Devsreesa. w. H.H. DayiS. 4,
A. DAVIS, o. q. Sc. John, w. II. brown.
/ a, II n. Stearna .. H. Fay and A
paroeil.
Leaving Olaquato and going ia q
westerly direction about eight miles ons
comes 10 The beautiful rolling valley Of
boisiort. This prairie b anothsr apol
IA Lewis county which is Z farmfnn
paradise. u is located along the north
branch % tho Chehalis river, and, Whsr
. ken taRathsF With she smaller valleys
Whioh extend from and form q para 81
Il, ils area u quite extensive. Thore I
& ed esaiR raised on thia prairie. and
81 kinds q fruits grow h abandanee
Among it, early and pgominens settlers
ere she names % SAMUEL and Georue
Baahanan, Q. y. white. Juha Hoaue, III
B. etlliman, Peter Perseil. =. Decker, 4,
". NeWiand, Wm. Murphy, 4. Roond.
tree. p. II. Roundtree. A. Roendlrse, O
Il. Soy and IA. q 0dfalh. Bems q
these men and the predecessors II soms
% theDs the pioleera, came mainly
from TIE Western states o. Territories
Woaro fEous1eE life was Naill che RUS
rather than the exception. and knew
precisely whare % eommancs thsil
iaborA Both married and single men
uDo1 arrival threw on their ooats and
ST 70 work; they did not c0nfins them.
selves 20 looking for u. or speaking
about Il; Il wa there and In plenty, and
they Went - Il With . viii. THIS part
Of Tie eountv has not gone hayond ihil
stage. lite principal need h an immi
grafton thai viii bring man Who vii
take up and. settle On e. clear q, woEk
g, farm i, and hold it h sabiostioa,
titus raiaina foundation for q laslinz
ptcaparity.