The Goodnoe Hills rise up from the right bank of Rock Creek. The Goodnoe hills are a part of the more massive Columbia Hills which stretch across Klickitat County from the Klickitat River on the west to Rock Creek on the east.

"CHAUNCEY GOODNOE, another of Klickitat's early and respected pioneers, still resides in the county to which he came more than forty years ago. being at the present time engaged in sheep raising. His 640-acre ranch lies five miles south and eleven miles east of the city of Goldendale. ... In 1865 he bought a squatter's right to a quarter section which comprises a portion of his present ranch, filed a homestead claim to it and since then has made it his home. He was engaged in the cattle and horse business until 1903, when he sold the larger stock and invested in sheep, to which he now devotes his entire attention." ["An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas Counties ...", Interstate Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1904]

"In 1869 he [Phileatus Goodnoe] moved with his family to Klickitat county, settling at Chamberlain Flat and Goodnoe Hills, which place was later named for the family. He was engaged at that place with his cousin, Chauncey Goodnoe, in stockraising for a number of years. In 1879 he moved onto a farm near Centerville where the family lived for twenty-seven years. He was a resident of the county during the early Indian troubles, and prominent in the history of Klickitat county." ["The Goldendale Sentinel", August 31, 1916, courtesy "Ancestry.com" website, 2019]

According to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office (GLO) Record's database (2019), Chauncey Goodnoe was granted title to 154.82 acres of T3N R18E, Sections 8 and 17 on June 4, 1877 (1862 Homestead EntryOriginal), 320 acres of T3N R18E, Section 9 on September 23, 1893 (1820 Sale-Cash Entry), and 80 acres of T3N R18E, Section 8 (1873 Timber Culture). Philetus Goodnoe was granted title to 153.22 acres of T3N R16E, Section 7, on July 9, 1894 (1862 Homestead EntryOriginal, located near Centerville).

Edmund S. Meany wrote in "Origin of Washington Geographic Names" (1923, University of Washington Press):

"Goodnow ... a railroad station in Klickitat County. It was formerly called Harbin but was changed, ostensibly to agree with the postoffice Goodnoe Hills, to Goodnow."

Robert Hitchman wrote in "Place Names of Washington" (1985, Washington Historical Society):

"Goodnoe (T3N, R18E, Sec.26) ... Small settlement near the north bank of Columbia River, 17 miles southeast of Goldendale, south central Klickitat County. It was named for an early stock-raising family. The railway station was first called Harbin, but was changed to the present name in order to agree with the post office name."

"Goodnoe Hills (T3N, R19E, Sec.18) ... Village 4 miles north of Columbia River and 17 miles southeast of Goldendale, south central Klickitat County. (see Goodnoe)."

• Goodnoe "Undeveloped" Fishing Access Site ...
• North Bank Road ... (Harbin)
• Sand Spring Canyon ...

"For fisheries management purposes, the 292-mile stretch of the Columbia River that creates the border between Washington and Oregon is divided into six zones. Zones 1-5 are between the mouth of the river and Bonneville Dam, a distance of 145 miles. Oregon and Washington manage the commercial fisheries that occur in these zones. Zone 6 is an exclusive treaty Indian commercial fishing area. This exclusion is for commercial fishing only. Non-commercial sports fishers may still fish in this stretch of the river." [Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission website, 2016]

The Zone 6 sites include 19 Treaty Fishing Access sites (Bonneville, Wyeth, White Salmon, Stanley Rock, Lyle, Dallesport, Celilo, Maryhill, Rufus, Preacher's Eddy, North Shore, LePage Park, Pasture Point, Roosevelt Park, Pine Creek, Threemile Canyon, Alderdale, Crow Butte, and Faler Road), five "In-lieu" sites (Cascade Locks, Wind River, Cooks, Underwood, and Lone Pine), two "Shared-use" sites (Avery and Sundale Park, for both Tribal use and Public use), and four "Unimproved" sites with no services (Goodnoe, Rock Creek, Moonay, and Aldercreek).

STATIONS ON THE NORTH BANK Between Vancouver and Pasco There Will Be 43 Stops. "LYLE, Wash., July 24, 1907. -- (Special.) -- Chief Surgeon Irvine, of the North Bank Road says there will be 43 stations about five miles apart on the line between Vancouver and Pasco. From west to east the stations will appear on the new map as Image, Fisher, Bourne, Seal, Cruzatt, Butler, Cascades, Stevenson, Ash, Collins, Cooks, Hood, Bingen, Villa, Lyle, Skadat, Grandalles, Spedis, Avery, Timms, Columbus, Cliffs, Towal, Harbin, Fountain, Sanda, Roosevelt, Moonax, McCredie, Carley, Luzon, Sage, Patterson, Coolide, Gravel, Plymouth, Colbia, Mottinger, Tomar, Yellepit, Hoover and Finley. He also reports the track is being blasted as fast as laid." Source:    "Morning Oregonian", July 25, 1907, courtesy Historic Oregon Newspapers Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, 2019.

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