Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later" "Willard, Washington"

Includes ... Willard ... Broughton Flume ...Broughton Lumber Mill ...

Click image to enlarge Willard and Mill A sign, on Washington Highway 14, Washington. Image taken March 18, 2013. Willard ... The mill at Willard, Washington, is the upper end of the Broughton Flume. In Willard the newly harvested logs were rough-sawn into boards called "cants" and then dropped into the flume to begin their nine-mile flume journey to the finishing mill at Underwood/Hood (Broughton Lumber Mill). Willard is located approximately six miles north of the Columbia River on the west bank of the Little White Salmon River, and is reachable via the Cook-Underwood Road. Views around Willard ... Click image to enlarge Willard population 46 sign, Willard, Washington. Image taken March 18, 2013. Click image to enlarge Broughton Flume section, Willard, Washington. Image taken March 18, 2013. Click image to enlarge Broughton Flume section, Willard, Washington. Image taken March 18, 2013. Click image to enlarge End of Broughton "feeder flume", Willard, Washington. Image taken March 18, 2013. Click image to enlarge Broughton "feeder flume", Willard, Washington. Image taken March 18, 2013. Click image to enlarge Broughton "feeder flume", Willard, Washington. Image taken March 18, 2013. Click image to enlarge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fish Health Center, Willard, Washington. Image taken March 18, 2013. "Remembering Willard" ... "Hello, I was looking thru and reminenscing about growing up in this town. My father and grandfathers all worked for Broughton Lumber Mill when I was growing up. My grandma still owns a house there. Anyways, the red building you have labeled a "barn" [note, caption now fixed] is actually what used to be the town grange. They held the town gatherings in this building. The green flume used to be over the highway and when they shut the mill down they moved it up to town. I think it was built in the early 80s to replace the wood one that went over the highway for safety reasons. I remember as a kid that the car would get really wet when we went to the city via the highway. Thank you for your contribuitions. The pictures are great!" Personal communication, M.E. Masterson, October 2013 Click image to enlarge Old Grange building, Willard, Washington. Image taken March 18, 2013. From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ... Clark, October 29, 1805 ... Return to Menu

*River Miles [RM] are approximate, in statute miles, and were determined from USGS topo maps, obtained from NOAA nautical charts, or obtained from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website, 2003 Sources: Masterson, M.E., 2013, personal communication; All Lewis and Clark quotations from Gary Moulton editions of the Lewis and Clark Journals, University of Nebraska Press, all attempts have been made to type the quotations exactly as in the Moulton editions, however typing errors introduced by this web author cannot be ruled out; location interpretation from variety of sources, including this website author.

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