June Crithfield's Of Yesterday and the River provides a localized history of the early agricultural communities and transportation networks nestled along the dramatic gorges of the Snake River in eastern Washington. The narrative focuses extensively on Whitman and Garfield counties, capturing the daily life and commerce of bustling, yet remote, pioneer river ports such as Wawawai and Almota. By chronicling the construction of the ingenious bucket tramways and grain chutes—most notably the Mayview and Interior tramways—that moved harvested wheat from the steep Palouse bluffs down to waiting steamboats, the book vividly maps how settlers adapted to the severe topography of this vital inland Pacific Northwest waterway.

Garfield County (Wash.) History, History, Snake (Wyom.-Wash. : Rivière), Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), United States Snake River, Washington (State) Garfield County, Washington (State) Whitman County, Whitman County (Wash.) History

Reprint of work originally published in 1964

Reprint of work originally published in 1964