National Forest Service
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- Feb 11, 1909Forest Service Challenged Homesteaders in the LeClerc Creek TimberlandsThirteen claimants faced a March 19 hearing over whether their Pend Oreille River homesteads were homes or timber grabs.Newport, WA
- Jun 16, 1910A Homesteader Beats the Forest Service — Then Has to Start All OverGeorge Neff of the LeClerc district wins back his land claim after a years-long fight with the National Forest Service, only to learn he must live on the property another fourteen months before he can own it.Newport, WA
- Jul 14, 1910A Wall of Flame Closes In on Spirit LakeA long dry spell turns Pend Oreille County's logged-over hills into a tinderbox, and a fire that starts almost inside Spirit Lake's town limits sends mill crews, surveyors and railroad engines scrambling to hold the line.Spirit Lake, WA