Marshall

Marshall

1884 Gazetteer: A village on Lake Creek and the NPRR in Spokan county, 366 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon and 8 miles northeast of Cheney, the county seat and nearest banking point. Settled in 1880, it contains a water power saw mill and ships lumber, wood, and grain. Population 100. Western Union telegraph, Northern Pacific express, and daily mail. William H. Marshall, postmaster.

Businesses:

Anderson, Thomas, carpenter

Beard, T.J. builder

Blain & Anderson, general store

Burns, T.H., blacksmith and livestock

Deakin, M.W., hotel

Goodsell, Samuel, justice of the peace

Linn, P.E., teacher and constable

McNeill, Mrs. restaurant

Marshall, William H., saw mill

Shearer, Daniel, wood

White, R.B., railraod and express agent

1883-12-14: Blaine & Anderson, the only general merchandise store in town [Marshall] closed by Portland creditors. The town is without a store. [NWTribune]

1884-09-05: Marshall: William Marshall's water-powered mill is still running, but the water in the reservoir is very low. [NWTribune]

1884-06-13: The sawmill at Marshall will run all summer. Saw logs are still being hauled to the mill, although there are a great many on hand. 2 car loads of lumber were billed to Cheney. [NWTribune]

1885-06-26: Marshall: William Marshall will sell his sawmill to George Davis of Spokane Falls. Mr. Davis will put in a flouring mill at the place. [NWTribune]

1887: W.E. Pierce and George A. Davis deliver the plat of the town of Marshall.

1888: George A. Davis becomes the sole owner of the milling business in Marshall

1890-04-24 - The new school building will be located a little more to the north-east than was expected.

J.L. Davis is fast completing his saw and planing mill. It will be 120 x 60 and 48 feet high. An 80-horse engine will be placed in it, which will furnish all the power necessary.

1910: Convict work camp south of Marshall becomes a state prison farm.

1910: Approx. date. Liam Oriard starts a dynamite plant on the hill above his Marshall home, The NPRR provides a railroad spur going back into the hill to bunkers for storage of the explosives.

1918: The Spokane Greenhouses were built over Marshall creek using the water to run the coal fired steam heat. The business supplied The Davenport Hotel and many florists and hotels with fresh flowers year round.

1949-09-16: The new 500-foot concrete overpass over the railroad tracks at Marshall should be ready for traffic in November, Earl Clapp, supervisor of construction stated this week.

1952-08-15: Traffic on the Northern Pacific main line was tied up for six hours Monday morning when a double load of heavily creosoted poles caught fire at Marshall. Fire trucks from Marshall and Cheney prevented the blaze from spreading.

1971: Marshall landfill site opened.

1991- The Marshall landfill closed. The unlined and uncapped landfilled continued to seep chemicals into the ground water for the next decade at least with a number of residents findings their wells contaminated by the end of the '90s.

1991- The Marshall Coalition forms to restore Marshall Creek habitat