New book by the author of Little Virtual Museum in the Coulee and Images of America: Steamboat Rock. Release date: May 17th, 2021.

Million Dollar Mile pt 1 With the second World War over, work started on the second part of the Grand Coulee Dam: irrigation. The majority of the Upper Grand Coulee would be flooded with a 27 mile long reservoir, from Electric City to Coulee City. By 1948 Coulee City was filled with people from all over... Continue Reading →

An editorial in the pages of Rufus Woods' Wenatchee World in 1929 compared Frank McCann to early fur trader, explorer and map maker Alexander Ross. "A present day disciple of Alexander Ross is Frank McCann, who has advocated for years the setting aside of this wonder as a national park." Maybe after a long hard... Continue Reading →

At first when the Colville Reservation was formed in 1872 there was a paranoia from the lawmakers in the east that an attack would come from across the Columbia River by Seaton's Landing. To keep an eye on things, the U.S. Government sent out two decorated Indian War veterans, Len and Sam Dillman. When they... Continue Reading →

After William Fleet decided to leave Steamboat Rock and move back to New York in 1885, he sold his ranch to a couple brothers who owned a large cattle ranch outside of Almira. They were keen on the ranch William Fleet had set up at the base of Castle Rock due to the Grand Coulee's... Continue Reading →

By the time the Scheibner Brothers set up their sawmill William Fleet had been on the land for a while. Born in 1836 New York, at the age of 19 William Sailed around the Horn and started a career in the far west as a millwright and pack train manager. For the next twenty-five plus... Continue Reading →

Born in 1866, Charlie Osborne was the kid brother of Oscar and John Osborne. Several years younger; when Oscar and John left home to seek their fortunes in the wild west it set Charlie's imagination into overdrive. He imagined scenes of Cowboys and Indians, riding the range a free man, with his trusty six shooter... Continue Reading →

Oscar Osborne was born near Knoxville Tennessee in 1857 and grew up on his father's plantation. In 1861 when Oscar was just four years old, the Civil War sparked off and burned a path down to the Osborne plantation. The war would rage until 1865, and during that time the South became a battleground. Once... Continue Reading →

In 1896 Oscar Osborne, met and wed a southern belle from his home state of Tennessee. Her name was Lillie Scheibner and she lived with her pioneering parents in Wilbur. One day Lillie was down in Northrup Canyon visiting her brother Charles Scheibner and Oscar happened to stop over on business. While waiting for Charles,... Continue Reading →

by the same person that brought you Little Virtual Museum in the Coulee, J. Kemble. pre-order now at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Steamboat-Rock-Images-America-Kemble/dp/146710471X/