Viaje a Deer Park - Chattaroy

Mrs Robert Cowgill and Mrs Alexander B. Owen renamed Kidd to the name of Chattaroy. Chattaroi (no “y”) was the hero in a novel that these two women were reading at the time. They changed the French spelling of “roi” to “roy”.
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La señora Robert Cowgill y la señora Alexander B. Owen cambiaron el nombre de Kidd por el nombre de Chattaroy. Chattaroi (sin “y”) era el héroe de una novela que estas dos mujeres estaban leyendo en ese momento. Cambiaron la ortografía francesa de “roi” a “roy”.
Founded in the 1880s, Chattaroy is located two miles east of the defunct Spokane Falls & Northern Railway’s Dragoon station. Residents were buried in the Chattaroy cemetery as early as 1888. A post office called Chattaroy has been in operation since 1888. The origin of the name Chattaroy is obscure.
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Fundada en la década de 1880, Chattaroy se encuentra a dos millas al este de la desaparecida estación Dragoon de Spokane Falls & Northern Railway. Los residentes fueron enterrados en el cementerio de Chattaroy ya en 1888. Una oficina de correos llamada Chattaroy ha estado en funcionamiento desde 1888. El origen del nombre Chattaroy es oscuro.
In 1900 the community consisted of approximately 250 residents, two general stores, Barker’s Hotel, a drug store operated by a Dr. Smith, a blacksmith shop, a public school with some 60 students, a Congregational church ministered by Reverend F. McConaughy, a Sunday school, and a Modern Woodmen of America hall.
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En 1900, la comunidad consistía en aproximadamente 250 residentes, dos tiendas generales, Barker’s Hotel, una farmacia operada por un Dr. Smith, una herrería, una escuela pública con unos 60 estudiantes, una iglesia congregacional ministrada por el reverendo F. McConaughy, una escuela dominical y un salón Modern Woodmen of America.
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The extraordinary inn where we stayed, “Bluff’s Edge,” is located in the heart of Chattaroy, 9 miles from Deer Park, 11 miles from Spokane’s north entrance and 10 miles from Mead, where I spent my first year in Washington state.
La estraordinaria posada donde nos quedamos, “Bluff’s Edge”, está ubicada en el corazón de Chattaroy, a 9 millas de Deer Park, a 11 millas de la entrada norte de Spokane y a 10 millas de Mead, donde pasé mi primer año en el estado de Washington.
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Jul 18-25, 2022x
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