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MI 150560

White's pasture
In the early 1900's Mr. and Mrs. Wright bought the school section of land number thirty-six located in the upper Skookum Gulch area, Shortly there after Wight taken a timber claim of one hundred and forty acres whitch cornered on section thirty six south of The Lake about three hundred yards, where Wright had a little cabin and corral, where he camped while looking after his cattle, The little cabin burned in later years during a brush fire. Wright fenced the section of land and a few years later, I believe in 1910, he fenced his timber claim.
I believe it was in 1913 when the Wright's sold the land together with their ranch on Canon Creek to Walker and Marsac of Fort Jones, California. About three years later J.A. Stalker sold his interest to C. W. Marsac. About 1919 James George of Yreka, California taken over all the land in the Skookum Grulch area.
In about 1930 George sold the timber from the timber claim. In about 1935 George sold the land to Manuel Shelly sold to Lewis and Byron Unite of the Bogus Creek area.
At this writing George W. McCullum of Gold Hill, Oregon had a lease on the land and it is said that he has, or is, going to buy it.
In about 1910 'Wright built a board cabin on the timber claim near a nice cold spring and among some nice cedar trees. This was once a beautiful spot. He built the cabin from some of the lumber from the old livery stable at the old town of Klamathon. During the time Shelly owned the land he built a nice cabin of hewed logs and a tin roof, a few feet from the old one, Both cabins are still there, however the old board cabin is badly wrecked.
In early days when the Wright's owned the land it was known as The Skookum Pasture and is still by many people. Down through the years it has also been called Marsac's Pasture, George's Pasture, Shelley's Pasture and White's Pasture. I call it The Skookum Pasture which I think is proper.
During the years that the Wright's, Walker and Marsac and Marsac owned it they used it as a cattle round-up camp and pasture and so did Shelly and White to some extent.
The first days I spent on the range during the beef cattle roundup in September of 1911 was at the old board cabin where we camped and how dear to me were those beans in the old iron kettle after a long days ride, the buckaroo stew was good too, and the coffee in the old blackened coffee pot. Gone now are the trails which the cattle once roamed, and the old riders of the range have about all gone with the once dusty trails. Now days when I ride through The Skookum Pasture it brings back many memories of the days of long ago, the old cow-hands I use to ride with, the horned cattle, ropes and brands, horses, six -guns and all the rest, but the best of all was the old bean pot after a long day in the saddle.

Location
MS178, no. 641
Source

George Wright descriptions

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