North Cascades

SETTLEMENT PATTERNS IN THE NORTH CASCADES

CORRIDORS OF SETTLEMENT: SKAGIT RIVER

White

One upper Skagit settler whose cabin is extant, albeit in ruins, was Arthur P. White. White located a homestead on the south side of the Skagit, opposite Thornton Creek. He claimed two adjacent parcels, one being 109 acres (T37N R12E, Section 31, lots 8 and 9), and another of unknown size for his cabin site (T37N R11E, Section 36). By 1906 White had erected his cabin, as it was indicated on a GLO survey map from that year. Three years later he purchased his land, receiving final certification in 1913, and full title to the homestead in 1918. [85]

The White cabin was of considerable size. Originally two stories in height, it measured approximately 25' x 25' and was constructed of logs from the site. Most of the hand-hewn logs averaged 10" in width, and were joined with saddle-notched corners. It is not known when the cabin was last occupied or used. [86] Today, the remnants of the cabin lie on an elevated site near a dry creek bed. The collapsed cedar shake roof covers the structure--its ridge pole and log rafters still in place -- but forest vegetation is rapidly claiming what remains of this early log cabin.