At Home in the Woods: A Stehekin Family History - The Moores and Courtneys

At Home in the Woods: A Stehekin Family History - The Moores and Courtneys by Mioke Barnhart. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9780970215383.

From dust jacket: "At Home In The Woods... Waking up to the sound of Granddad splitting kindling for the morning fires, my sister and I huddled under the quilts in the living room, waiting for the heater stove to warm the cabin. After he lit the kitchen stove, I heard the squeaky handle of the pitcher pump as Granddad filled the hot water reservoir and a couple of tea kettles on the wood range. Soon, the pleasant aroma of coffee, wood smoke, and Prince Albert tobacco filled the cabin. In these days of mobility and shifting populations, where most everyone is from someplace else, I am in awe that six generations of our family have lived at this end of the lake, five of them here in the Stehekin Valley on this homestead (four generations have attended the Stehekin School). When you have roots that go back that far, its easy to develop a sense of belonging; pride and caring, not only for the land we live on, but for the entire valley and even the mountains around it. Today, as my wife and I take our frequent walks down the road past the old place, my thoughts are flooded with memories of why this place means so much to me."