On Thorp Highway North 0.2 miles south of E Taneum Road, on the left when traveling south.
Irrigating the prairie
The Thorp and Splawn families settled on Taneum Creek, three miles northwest of Thorp, intending to raise cattle and farm the area’s rich soils.
The open, native bunchgrass prairie was too dry for farming. So, the . . . — — Map (db m301404) HM
On Thorp Highway North 0.2 miles north of Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
Built in 1883 by Oren Hutchinson and Gustave Huhn,
the mill ran continuously until 1946. Original mill
machinery hauled from the Dalles, Oregon by team
and wagon, water powered by turbine wheel. Flour
from this mill shipped to Pacific Rim . . . — — Map (db m301392) HM
