The Ekalaka Eagle - Your Community Builder

Alice, daughter of Fred and Eva Townsend, gives more information on the early day family that homesteaded in the Tie Creek area with the home buildings being just one mile west of the Padden Ranch.

She wrote: "My dad got itchy feet again and in 1919 started to Canada-you guessed it-in a covered wagon! They landed in Leslieville, British Columbia, Canada. They stayed there two years and then went back to the old ranch in Tie Creek country."

After reading about those individuals who took two days by team and wagon to go from Ekalaka to Baker, I can't imagine a trip to Canada and back.

One of...