The authors interest spread to Whitman County as she uncovered information and felt others might be intrigued by the number of places that had at one time been named and have since disappeared. In order to make this book accurate, she used a variety of sources ranging from postal records to interviews with people who at tented some of the small and now consolidated schools. Contains bibliography and maps

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