History of the Trout Lake Valley
History of the Trout Lake Valley
“This area Trout Lake is really important to the Indians . . . I come here every year in the month of July and camp . . . From the time of creation this area had always been important to the Native Americans, to this day. When the Creator gave this earth the strength, and the lakes and the creeks were made – the word was that they would never go dry. And he named this land Shaxshax-nmi.”
“This area Trout Lake is really important to the Indians . . . I come here every year in the month of July and camp . . . From the time of creation this area had always been important to the Native Americans, to this day. When the Creator gave this earth the strength, and the lakes and the creeks were made – the word was that they would never go dry. And he named this land Shaxshax-nmi.”
The first Euro-Americans to visit Trout Lake were following Indian trails. The first visitor we have record of is John Work, a Hudson’s Bay Company clerk who was traveling from The Dalles to Fort Vancouver in May of 1830. He hired several Indians from The Dalles to guide him on an inland route, to avoid high water on the Columbia, and this route passed through the Trout Lake valley….
The first Euro-Americans to visit Trout Lake were following Indian trails. The first visitor we have record of is John Work, a Hudson’s Bay Company clerk who was traveling from The Dalles to Fort Vancouver in May of 1830. He hired several Indians from The Dalles to guide him on an inland route, to avoid high water on the Columbia, and this route passed through the Trout Lake valley….
The first school in Trout Lake was held in 1887, in a one-room log cabin. Although we do not know its exact location, it was located somewhere east of the junction of Guler Road with Highway 141. The cabin was about 10’ by 12’ and had a dirt floor. It was located on the homestead of John Bernegger, a Swiss dairy farmer and carpenter. It is possible that the cabin had been built in the early 1880’s by the Stoller family, since several of the older Stoller children filed pre-emption claims on parcels adjoining their parents’ homestead and built cabins on these claims…..
The first school in Trout Lake was held in 1887, in a one-room log cabin. Although we do not know its exact location, it was located somewhere east of the junction of Guler Road with Highway 141. The cabin was about 10’ by 12’ and had a dirt floor. It was located on the homestead of John Bernegger, a Swiss dairy farmer and carpenter. It is possible that the cabin had been built in the early 1880’s by the Stoller family, since several of the older Stoller children filed pre-emption claims on parcels adjoining their parents’ homestead and built cabins on these claims…..
“Mr. Stoller is remembered by those who came here early for the excellent fishing to have been a most accommodating host, and tourists found it a pleasure to make the old log dwelling their home while in this locality . . . J. M. Filloon remembers well his first visit here in 1883 when the Stollers were living here and the good meals set before him . . . , served by Mrs. Stoller and daughter . . . Mr. Filloon says there were no roads leading to Trout Lake then and he came over the hills by way of a trail from Glenwood.”
“Mr. Stoller is remembered by those who came here early for the excellent fishing to have been a most accommodating host, and tourists found it a pleasure to make the old log dwelling their home while in this locality . . . J. M. Filloon remembers well his first visit here in 1883 when the Stollers were living here and the good meals set before him . . . , served by Mrs. Stoller and daughter . . . Mr. Filloon says there were no roads leading to Trout Lake then and he came over the hills by way of a trail from Glenwood.”
The 12,276-foot-high volcano that we now call Mt. Adams was known as Pah-to to local Klickitat and Yakama Indians. The mountain figured prominently in legendary stories, and its lower slopes provided berries and game in abundance. The first Euro-Americans to record seeing the mountain were members of the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1805, but they misidentified it as Mount St. Helens, which had been named even earlier by British explorers. Mt. Adams received its present name in the 1830’s, following a failed scheme by…
The 12,276-foot-high volcano that we now call Mt. Adams was known as Pah-to to local Klickitat and Yakama Indians. The mountain figured prominently in legendary stories, and its lower slopes provided berries and game in abundance. The first Euro-Americans to record seeing the mountain were members of the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1805, but they misidentified it as Mount St. Helens, which had been named even earlier by British explorers. Mt. Adams received its present name in the 1830’s, following a failed scheme by…