by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 4, 2013 | Custer, david thompson, Hudson’s Bay Company, Louis Riel, Metis, Thomas King
Years and years ago, novelist Thomas King came to Fishtrap. Alvin Josephy had met him at a Sun Valley conference and recommended him as a reader and conversationalist. King ran for office in GuelphKing, tall, handsome, wearing a good white Stetson as I recall,...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 28, 2013 | Children of the Fur Trade, david thompson, fur trade, Henry Spalding, Hudson’s Bay Company, John C. Jackson, Marcus Whitman, nez perce gardens, North West Company, Spokane Garry
I argued against missionary Spalding as the original source of Wallowa Nez Perce gardens in my last blog post, went on a laborious journey through Spokane House, Spokane Garry, the Church of England, and the fur trade as alternative sources of seeds and irrigation...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 25, 2013 | Canadian border, david thompson, Fort Spokane, Hudson’s Bay Company, Nez Perce, Red River School, Reverend Spalding, Spokane Garry, Spokane House
“Before leaving the southern portion of the Asotin County some mention should be made of the Indian gardens located on the north side of the Grande Ronde River about half a miles below the mouth of the Rattlesnake Creek and on other favored spots extending on down the...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 21, 2013 | black cowboys, david thompson, fur traders, george fletcher, joseph gale, martin luther king, pendleton roundup, umatilla reservation
George Fletcher, Pendleton RoundupIn 1968, fresh back from my Peace Corps stint in Turkey, I got involved with the Poor People’s Campaign in Washington D.C. I was a bit player, a soldier carrying cautionary words—the Campaign would go on and would not be...
