Pataha

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Pataha is a small non-independent community (English "unincorporated community") in Garfield County in the US state of Washington . The location is approximately 4 mi (6.4 km) east of Pomeroy , the county seat of Garfield County. In Pataha is the historic Hauswer Mill , a working hydropower-powered flour mill that was originally built in 1879 and operated until 1940.

history

The place is on Pataha Creek, which runs along the Nez Percé Trail, which was used by the Indians to cross the Rocky Mountains . The name Pataha comes from the Nez-Percé word for "thicket" as there were thick thickets along both sides of the stream.

In May 1806, the Lewis and Clark expedition passed the area and stayed here for one night on their way back from the Pacific coast. Captain Benjamin Bonneville came through the area in 1834 while conducting surveying work for the US government. James Bowers settled in Pataha in 1861. In the following years a stagecoach connection was established between Walla Walla and Lewiston , which crossed the area and brought more settlers. These early settlers were primarily engaged in growing vegetables and raising livestock . This should pave the way for dry field cultivation in the 1870s . The area began developing into a small town by 1878 and was officially parceled out by the Angevine Titus and Company Favor in 1882 . The town was known both as Favorsburg and Watertown , but the original native name Pataha would prevail.

Pataha grew into a successful town and for some time competed with nearby Pomeroy. Pataha was briefly the county seat when Garfield County was created in 1881. The Pataha Spirit newspaper was founded in the same year. When the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company built a railroad to Pomeroy in 1885, it was not extended to Pataha. Soon the city lost its competitive advantage over its neighbors and began to shrink.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 4, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.patahaflourmills.com
  2. ^ Phil Dougherty: Garfield County - Thumbnail History . HistoryLink.org . March 5, 2006. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  3. ^ Garfield County Geography . WA GenWeb. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  4. ↑ An Economic History of Garfield County . Historic Pomeroy, Washington. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  5. ^ Pierce, Virginia: Venerable courthouse still in use . In: Spokane Daily Chronicle , Nov. 10, 1971, p. 4B. Retrieved November 2, 2015. 

Coordinates: 46 ° 28 ′  N , 117 ° 32 ′  W