Immediately after the treaty with the Indians had been worked out by General Crook a large number of settlers came to Goose Lake Valley including John O Neil who had been in charge of a pack train at Camp Warner in 1868. When John was released from military duty, he came to Goose Lake Valley and took up a claim near the state line.

Others who came in 1869 include:
Eli Craven Mason
E.P. Bodger
A.Z. Hammersly
William Hamersley
The Hammersleys came from the Willamette Valley with:
Joe Robnette
T. Reed
William Tandy
Robert Tandy
Milton Brown
A.F. Snelling
H.M. Henders
Three men known only by last name: Spark, Stone, and Bogue


Coming in the same party with the Hammersleys were Mr. and Mrs. Matthew G. McCulley. When this party reached Drews Valley, they laid over a few days until Billy Hammersley was born. Preparations had not been made for his arrival at this time, so the ladies of the party made clothes for him out of flour sacks.

Alexander Reed and T.B. Reed also came in 1869. Mrs. Horace (Nancy C.) Myrtle was the first white woman to settle in Goose Lake Valley. She had crossed the plains in 1852 with her family and located near Eugene OR. She married Horace Myrtle in 1869 and they moved immediately to Goose Lake Valley.

Other 1869 arrivals were:
A. Tenbrook
Samuel Crane
M. Cogswell
Alex Cooper
Ben Warner
Oliver Shaeffer
Ira Cogswell
Frank Cogswell
Alex Contner
B.F. Lewis
John Clark
William Greenman
August Miller


Only three of the people who came in 1869 settled outside Goose Lake Valley: D.A. Lambert, Michaael McShane, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew McCulley

1869 marks the beginning of NPC. The first business there was a general store owned by Desible, Powley and King. A man named Darling was placed in charge of it.

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