A Wicked Snow

BEFORE IT PUT US ON the map, we were a county known for tight-grained lumber and the finest run of Chinook that the Northwest had ever seen. Our schools were good; our roadways safe. But a decade after the incident, we’re left with a reputation that belies our hearts and our way of life. For Spruce County, this has gone on too long. It is time to bury this story and move on. We urge a “no” vote on the annexation of the Logan property for a possible public park and memorial.

—Editorial, Spruce County Lumberman, ten years after