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LOU HARE

The Diaries Of Lou G. Hare

This page contains the Diaries of Lou G. Hare, October 12, 1885 – September 25, 1886. Preface, Footnotes, Chapter Breaks and Chinook Translations by John Frost, Grandson of Lou Hare.

Below is an introduction and an electronic transcription by Diane Sterne for the years that Hare spent in Granite Creek.

Preamble to Hare Diary

Hare Diary: October 12, 1885 to September 25, 1886.

Diane Sterne has extracted much interesting and useful information from the Diary and compiled it into separate documents.
Some Residents of Granite Creek.
Granite Creek Businesses.
Miscellaneous Information From Hare Diary.
Granite Creek Cemetry Information.

Lou Hare liked to draw and here are some examples, along with some photographs with him. They are not specific to Granite Creek but nevertheless are from the period and encompass the environment and lifestyle.

Photo Lou Hare at age 16

Photo Boxing Center

Photo Hare as an older man

Sketch of man in chair at barber shop

Sketch of camp in woods with tent

Sketch of hunter posing with gun

Sketch of logger sawing through five foot log

Sketch of tents by creek and lake at night





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