From the archives - Oct. 7, 2021

Everyday something "new" is donated to the museum. Last week, an envelope arrived in the mail filled with newspaper clippings saved by former columnist Paul Flinn. What a treasure trove!

A clipping from the Spokesman-Review, dated Dec. 23, 1958, is a story written by Nelle Portrey Davis called "Wilderness Home." She weaves a tale about Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Danquist who "carved out a home in the wilderness" of Round Prairie. She writes how Mr. Danquist crocheted a tablecloth of his own design.

Davis wrote: "Mrs. Danquist liked to crochet, when time could be spared from the more necessary tasks. One time her husband came home from Spokane, bringing a sample of crochet work he had found in a house he was decorating. It was an intricate design, and Mrs. Danquist experienced difficulty in following the pattern. 'Show me the stitch, and I'll take the pattern off for you,' Mr. Danquist offered. And he did. That was the beginning of dozens of beautiful pieces of crocheting he did, though he was never satisfied to follow patterns made by others. He preferred to do his own designing."

What a great story about the Danquist family, who homesteaded in March 1900.

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