ANOTHER AGED PIONEER
CROSSES GREAT DIVIDE
B.F. Goodman, one of the few remaining pioneers of the old west, died Monday morning in the Keller Hardware Co. store. He had been walking briskly in the cold morning air, and had just entered the store, when he fell dead. Dr. J.W. Henderson was immediately called, but found that the heart had quit beating, never to start again. The body was taken to the McCord Funeral parlors.
Mr. Goodman was born in Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 1, 1837, where his father was born, and where a street is named after his father. In early life he went to the Black Hills, where he accumulated a fortune in mining, but was robbed of 20,000 as he was leaving. On of the robbers was killed, but the other made his escape, and Mr. Goodman was ever in search of that man.
After going to California, he prospected up the California and Oregon coasts, and lived in Portland for several years. He was on the bridge gang of the Southern Pacific railway construction south of Portland. He went to the Umatilla country to care for some stock, and came up the Columbia river with the mining excitement of 1873, arriving in this section the same years Jacob Stitzel came here. For some time he prospected in the Bonners Ferry country and in Montana. In 1883 G.B. Ide met him at the store on the Little Spokane whee Mr. Goodman was in partnership with Peavine Jimmie.
In 1873 Mr. Goodman came to old Fort Colville. He prospected a large part of the country north of here, and in 1885 when the Old Dominion was discovered and Colville was platted, he located the Ella claim on Dominion mountain which is not a part of the Old Dominion mine. Later he homesteaded 10 acres on the Dominion mountain, and after E.F. Larios quit as watchman at the mine, Mr. Goodman was employed until about five years ago when he came to Colville to live.
About 1887 in the Slocan mountain country Mr. Goodman was one of the men who brought out P.H. Grace, ill with pneumonia; the later was brought to Spokane for treatment and never fully recovered.
Mr. Goodman was one of the pioneers who started the Stevens County Pioneer association in Colville Oct. 1, 1903, and was one of the committee on constitution and bylaws. He was never married, and was in comfortable circumstances during his later years. His only known relatives are a niece and nephew, Naomi Robinson of Walnut, Iowa, and Thomas Meloy of Kansas City, Mo.
Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p.m at the McCord Funeral parlors, conducted by Rev. J.M. Huggins of the Congregational church, and under the direction of the Stevens County Pioneer Association. Vocal music was rendered by Mrs. Wm. C. Keller and Mrs. Ellen page. Pallbearers were Thomas Graham, G.B. Ide, R.E. McKibben, Wm. C. Keller, John Rickey, G.W. Peddycord. Burial was at Highland.
The Colville examiner. (Colville, Wash.), 16 Dec. 1922
CROSSES GREAT DIVIDE
B.F. Goodman, one of the few remaining pioneers of the old west, died Monday morning in the Keller Hardware Co. store. He had been walking briskly in the cold morning air, and had just entered the store, when he fell dead. Dr. J.W. Henderson was immediately called, but found that the heart had quit beating, never to start again. The body was taken to the McCord Funeral parlors.
Mr. Goodman was born in Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 1, 1837, where his father was born, and where a street is named after his father. In early life he went to the Black Hills, where he accumulated a fortune in mining, but was robbed of 20,000 as he was leaving. On of the robbers was killed, but the other made his escape, and Mr. Goodman was ever in search of that man.
After going to California, he prospected up the California and Oregon coasts, and lived in Portland for several years. He was on the bridge gang of the Southern Pacific railway construction south of Portland. He went to the Umatilla country to care for some stock, and came up the Columbia river with the mining excitement of 1873, arriving in this section the same years Jacob Stitzel came here. For some time he prospected in the Bonners Ferry country and in Montana. In 1883 G.B. Ide met him at the store on the Little Spokane whee Mr. Goodman was in partnership with Peavine Jimmie.
In 1873 Mr. Goodman came to old Fort Colville. He prospected a large part of the country north of here, and in 1885 when the Old Dominion was discovered and Colville was platted, he located the Ella claim on Dominion mountain which is not a part of the Old Dominion mine. Later he homesteaded 10 acres on the Dominion mountain, and after E.F. Larios quit as watchman at the mine, Mr. Goodman was employed until about five years ago when he came to Colville to live.
About 1887 in the Slocan mountain country Mr. Goodman was one of the men who brought out P.H. Grace, ill with pneumonia; the later was brought to Spokane for treatment and never fully recovered.
Mr. Goodman was one of the pioneers who started the Stevens County Pioneer association in Colville Oct. 1, 1903, and was one of the committee on constitution and bylaws. He was never married, and was in comfortable circumstances during his later years. His only known relatives are a niece and nephew, Naomi Robinson of Walnut, Iowa, and Thomas Meloy of Kansas City, Mo.
Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p.m at the McCord Funeral parlors, conducted by Rev. J.M. Huggins of the Congregational church, and under the direction of the Stevens County Pioneer Association. Vocal music was rendered by Mrs. Wm. C. Keller and Mrs. Ellen page. Pallbearers were Thomas Graham, G.B. Ide, R.E. McKibben, Wm. C. Keller, John Rickey, G.W. Peddycord. Burial was at Highland.
The Colville examiner. (Colville, Wash.), 16 Dec. 1922
ANOTHER AGED PIONEER
CROSSES GREAT DIVIDE
B.F. Goodman, one of the few remaining pioneers of the old west, died Monday morning in the Keller Hardware Co. store. He had been walking briskly in the cold morning air, and had just entered the store, when he fell dead. Dr. J.W. Henderson was immediately called, but found that the heart had quit beating, never to start again. The body was taken to the McCord Funeral parlors.
Mr. Goodman was born in Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 1, 1837, where his father was born, and where a street is named after his father. In early life he went to the Black Hills, where he accumulated a fortune in mining, but was robbed of 20,000 as he was leaving. On of the robbers was killed, but the other made his escape, and Mr. Goodman was ever in search of that man.
After going to California, he prospected up the California and Oregon coasts, and lived in Portland for several years. He was on the bridge gang of the Southern Pacific railway construction south of Portland. He went to the Umatilla country to care for some stock, and came up the Columbia river with the mining excitement of 1873, arriving in this section the same years Jacob Stitzel came here. For some time he prospected in the Bonners Ferry country and in Montana. In 1883 G.B. Ide met him at the store on the Little Spokane whee Mr. Goodman was in partnership with Peavine Jimmie.
In 1873 Mr. Goodman came to old Fort Colville. He prospected a large part of the country north of here, and in 1885 when the Old Dominion was discovered and Colville was platted, he located the Ella claim on Dominion mountain which is not a part of the Old Dominion mine. Later he homesteaded 10 acres on the Dominion mountain, and after E.F. Larios quit as watchman at the mine, Mr. Goodman was employed until about five years ago when he came to Colville to live.
About 1887 in the Slocan mountain country Mr. Goodman was one of the men who brought out P.H. Grace, ill with pneumonia; the later was brought to Spokane for treatment and never fully recovered.
Mr. Goodman was one of the pioneers who started the Stevens County Pioneer association in Colville Oct. 1, 1903, and was one of the committee on constitution and bylaws. He was never married, and was in comfortable circumstances during his later years. His only known relatives are a niece and nephew, Naomi Robinson of Walnut, Iowa, and Thomas Meloy of Kansas City, Mo.
Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p.m at the McCord Funeral parlors, conducted by Rev. J.M. Huggins of the Congregational church, and under the direction of the Stevens County Pioneer Association. Vocal music was rendered by Mrs. Wm. C. Keller and Mrs. Ellen page. Pallbearers were Thomas Graham, G.B. Ide, R.E. McKibben, Wm. C. Keller, John Rickey, G.W. Peddycord. Burial was at Highland.
The Colville examiner. (Colville, Wash.), 16 Dec. 1922
CROSSES GREAT DIVIDE
B.F. Goodman, one of the few remaining pioneers of the old west, died Monday morning in the Keller Hardware Co. store. He had been walking briskly in the cold morning air, and had just entered the store, when he fell dead. Dr. J.W. Henderson was immediately called, but found that the heart had quit beating, never to start again. The body was taken to the McCord Funeral parlors.
Mr. Goodman was born in Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 1, 1837, where his father was born, and where a street is named after his father. In early life he went to the Black Hills, where he accumulated a fortune in mining, but was robbed of 20,000 as he was leaving. On of the robbers was killed, but the other made his escape, and Mr. Goodman was ever in search of that man.
After going to California, he prospected up the California and Oregon coasts, and lived in Portland for several years. He was on the bridge gang of the Southern Pacific railway construction south of Portland. He went to the Umatilla country to care for some stock, and came up the Columbia river with the mining excitement of 1873, arriving in this section the same years Jacob Stitzel came here. For some time he prospected in the Bonners Ferry country and in Montana. In 1883 G.B. Ide met him at the store on the Little Spokane whee Mr. Goodman was in partnership with Peavine Jimmie.
In 1873 Mr. Goodman came to old Fort Colville. He prospected a large part of the country north of here, and in 1885 when the Old Dominion was discovered and Colville was platted, he located the Ella claim on Dominion mountain which is not a part of the Old Dominion mine. Later he homesteaded 10 acres on the Dominion mountain, and after E.F. Larios quit as watchman at the mine, Mr. Goodman was employed until about five years ago when he came to Colville to live.
About 1887 in the Slocan mountain country Mr. Goodman was one of the men who brought out P.H. Grace, ill with pneumonia; the later was brought to Spokane for treatment and never fully recovered.
Mr. Goodman was one of the pioneers who started the Stevens County Pioneer association in Colville Oct. 1, 1903, and was one of the committee on constitution and bylaws. He was never married, and was in comfortable circumstances during his later years. His only known relatives are a niece and nephew, Naomi Robinson of Walnut, Iowa, and Thomas Meloy of Kansas City, Mo.
Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p.m at the McCord Funeral parlors, conducted by Rev. J.M. Huggins of the Congregational church, and under the direction of the Stevens County Pioneer Association. Vocal music was rendered by Mrs. Wm. C. Keller and Mrs. Ellen page. Pallbearers were Thomas Graham, G.B. Ide, R.E. McKibben, Wm. C. Keller, John Rickey, G.W. Peddycord. Burial was at Highland.
The Colville examiner. (Colville, Wash.), 16 Dec. 1922
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