History of Laclede, Idaho (From Laclede, Idaho website)
...The first white man to settle in the Laclede - Seneacquoteen area was Lyman Markham. In 1864, he built the first ferry across the Pend Oreille River from Seneacquoteen to Markham which was later renamed Laclede after a French engineer who worked on the Great Northern Railroad. Lyman Markham built a log cabin in which to live as well as trade with the Indians.In 1883 his brother Francis Markham, and his wife Elmina joined Lyman. They had seven children and had traveled from Astoria, Oregon by train and had arrived in Sandpoint on November 2. Elmina Markham recalled that there were no wagon roads from Sandpoint to Laclede and the family loaded into a leaky rowboat for the 18-mile trip. They arrived at the ferry well after dark. Elmina left us a picture of what their life along the Pend Oreille River was like. She stated that the closest white people to them lived in Sandpoint. Her only neighbors were Indians and at first she had difficulty understanding them but eventually she learned to "talk Indian." She found the Indians to be friendly, and established a good relationship with the Indian women......
...The first white man to settle in the Laclede - Seneacquoteen area was Lyman Markham. In 1864, he built the first ferry across the Pend Oreille River from Seneacquoteen to Markham which was later renamed Laclede after a French engineer who worked on the Great Northern Railroad. Lyman Markham built a log cabin in which to live as well as trade with the Indians.In 1883 his brother Francis Markham, and his wife Elmina joined Lyman. They had seven children and had traveled from Astoria, Oregon by train and had arrived in Sandpoint on November 2. Elmina Markham recalled that there were no wagon roads from Sandpoint to Laclede and the family loaded into a leaky rowboat for the 18-mile trip. They arrived at the ferry well after dark. Elmina left us a picture of what their life along the Pend Oreille River was like. She stated that the closest white people to them lived in Sandpoint. Her only neighbors were Indians and at first she had difficulty understanding them but eventually she learned to "talk Indian." She found the Indians to be friendly, and established a good relationship with the Indian women......
History of Laclede, Idaho (From Laclede, Idaho website)
...The first white man to settle in the Laclede - Seneacquoteen area was Lyman Markham. In 1864, he built the first ferry across the Pend Oreille River from Seneacquoteen to Markham which was later renamed Laclede after a French engineer who worked on the Great Northern Railroad. Lyman Markham built a log cabin in which to live as well as trade with the Indians.In 1883 his brother Francis Markham, and his wife Elmina joined Lyman. They had seven children and had traveled from Astoria, Oregon by train and had arrived in Sandpoint on November 2. Elmina Markham recalled that there were no wagon roads from Sandpoint to Laclede and the family loaded into a leaky rowboat for the 18-mile trip. They arrived at the ferry well after dark. Elmina left us a picture of what their life along the Pend Oreille River was like. She stated that the closest white people to them lived in Sandpoint. Her only neighbors were Indians and at first she had difficulty understanding them but eventually she learned to "talk Indian." She found the Indians to be friendly, and established a good relationship with the Indian women......
...The first white man to settle in the Laclede - Seneacquoteen area was Lyman Markham. In 1864, he built the first ferry across the Pend Oreille River from Seneacquoteen to Markham which was later renamed Laclede after a French engineer who worked on the Great Northern Railroad. Lyman Markham built a log cabin in which to live as well as trade with the Indians.In 1883 his brother Francis Markham, and his wife Elmina joined Lyman. They had seven children and had traveled from Astoria, Oregon by train and had arrived in Sandpoint on November 2. Elmina Markham recalled that there were no wagon roads from Sandpoint to Laclede and the family loaded into a leaky rowboat for the 18-mile trip. They arrived at the ferry well after dark. Elmina left us a picture of what their life along the Pend Oreille River was like. She stated that the closest white people to them lived in Sandpoint. Her only neighbors were Indians and at first she had difficulty understanding them but eventually she learned to "talk Indian." She found the Indians to be friendly, and established a good relationship with the Indian women......
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