SKETCHES of EARLY
HIGH PRAIRIE
by Nelia Binford Fleming
Contents
Title Page
Introduction
Early History of the Territory and State of Washington
Klickitat County
High Prairie
The First White Settlers of High Prairie
We Come West
Riveted Shoes
Our First Winter in Washington
Our First Christmas
Doc Lee Brings Tobacco
Spring Time – Wild Flowers
Only Three Months of School
A Pony Colt
Water
Church
Indians
Our First School Days in Klickitat
Rev Knifes the Dog
My Toys
Nowitcah
Fruit
Home Made Corn Meal
The Lord Will Provide
Pete Sleeps With His Boots On
Revvie's April Fool
Home Made Shoes
Billyack
Father Gets Lost
Rattlesnakes
Pitch
Old Gabe
School Days
We Steal a Pie
Planting Trees
Watermelon Feed
Dolls Baptized
Escaping the Wind Storm
Mr. Pittman's Wood
The Putman Family
The Berrys Come West
The Rothrock Home
Auntie French
Skip Right Along and Pray As We Go
Entertainment
You Gonna Ford This?
Traveling Down the River
Housecleaning
Rev Goes to See His Girl
Tragedy
A Child in the Well
Wash Up There
We Entertained Strangers
Crossing the Columbia on the Ice
The Locoed Horse
Hauling Wheat
Goodbye
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