Goose Prairie, Washington
Encyclopedia
Goose Prairie is an unincorporated community
in Yakima County
, Washington, United States
. Goose Prairie is 41 miles (66 km) northwest of Yakima
. Goose Prairie has a post office
with ZIP code
98929. It was founded by Tom Fife in 1886 who named it after a goose that visited the meadow one evening and stayed the night.
Fife donated a portion of his homestead to the Boy Scouts
; the Grand Columbia council operates Camp Fife, a summer camp named in Fife's honor.
Goose Prairie was the former summer home of the 20th century United States Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas
. Eric Sevareid
interviewed Douglas in Goose Prairie for the CBS Reports
documentary Mr. Justice Douglas broadcast Sept. 6, 1972. The Yakima Valley Museum
has a 16mm film of the program in its collection which can be viewed online.
It is also where Kay Kershaw and Isabelle Lynn operated the Double K Mountain Ranch; they played a key role in the designation of the nearby William O. Douglas Wilderness
area.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Yakima County
Yakima County, Washington
Yakima County is the second largest county by area in the U.S. state of Washington. It is named after the Yakama tribe of Native Americans. In the 2010 census, its population was 243,231...
, Washington, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Goose Prairie is 41 miles (66 km) northwest of Yakima
Yakima, Washington
Yakima is an American city southeast of Mount Rainier National Park and the county seat of Yakima County, Washington, United States, and the eighth largest city by population in the state itself. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 91,196 and a metropolitan population of...
. Goose Prairie has a post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
with ZIP code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
98929. It was founded by Tom Fife in 1886 who named it after a goose that visited the meadow one evening and stayed the night.
Fife donated a portion of his homestead to the Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts
A Boy Scout is a member of a Scouting organization. There are thousands of national Scouting organizations or federations; these are grouped into six international Scouting associations with some non-aligned organizations....
; the Grand Columbia council operates Camp Fife, a summer camp named in Fife's honor.
Goose Prairie was the former summer home of the 20th century United States Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas
William Orville Douglas was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. With a term lasting 36 years and 209 days, he is the longest-serving justice in the history of the Supreme Court...
. Eric Sevareid
Eric Sevareid
Arnold Eric Sevareid was a CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977. He was one of a group of elite war correspondents—dubbed "Murrow's Boys"—because they were hired by pioneering CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow....
interviewed Douglas in Goose Prairie for the CBS Reports
CBS Reports
CBS Reports is the umbrella title used for documentaries by CBS News which aired starting in 1959 through the 1990s. The series sometimes aired as a wheel series rotating with 60 Minutes , as a series of its own or as specials. The program aired as a constant series from 1959 to 1971...
documentary Mr. Justice Douglas broadcast Sept. 6, 1972. The Yakima Valley Museum
Yakima Valley Museum
The Yakima Valley Museum is a facility offers historical exhibits on the Yakima Valley—its natural history, American Indian culture, pioneer life, early city life, and the roots and development of the Valley’s fruit industry. The museum has a superb collection of horse-drawn vehicles, from...
has a 16mm film of the program in its collection which can be viewed online.
It is also where Kay Kershaw and Isabelle Lynn operated the Double K Mountain Ranch; they played a key role in the designation of the nearby William O. Douglas Wilderness
William O. Douglas Wilderness
The William O. Douglas Wilderness is a designated wilderness located in central portion of the U.S. state of Washington. It includes 168,232 acres located between the U.S. Route 12 and State Route 410 and is jointly administered by the Snoqualmie National Forest and the Gifford Pinchot National...
area.
Further reading
- Kathleen Tresham Anderson. Birds, Bats & Bailing Wire. Lulu.com, 2009. ISBN 0557061784
- William O. Douglas. Of Men and Mountains. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950.
- Bruce Allen Murphy. Wild Bill: The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas. New York: Random House, 2003. ISBN 0394576284
- Jack Nelson. We Never Got Away. Yakima, WA: Franklin Press, 1965.
External links
- GOOSEPRAIRIE (blog)
- Camp Fife official website
- Yakima Memory (photos from the collection of the Yakima Valley Museum)
- Isabelle Lynn and Kay Kershaw At The Double Kay Mountain Ranch in Goose Prairie Washington/Chinook Pass