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Transcribed from "History of North Washington, an illustrated history
of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties", published by Western
Historical Publishing Co., 1904.
PRINCE A. LANCASTER is one of
the younger men of the reservation portion of Okanogan county. The
real thrift, industry and progressiveness which have characterized his
labors since coming here, mark him a real pioneer, and the fact that he
has a ranch almost entirely under cultivation in less than three years,
shows what he has accomplished.
Prince A. Lancaster was born in Schuyler county,
Missouri, on June 16, 1872. His father, William S. Lancaster, was
born in Liverpool, England, and came to Iowa when fourteen. In 1852
he crossed the plains to California and followed mining and freighted in
California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho. He brought the first steamboat
machinery from the Columbia river to the Pend d'Oreille lake and was in
partnership with ex-Governor Miles C. Moore. In 1862 he went to Montana,
thence to Fort Benton and down the Missouri and spent the winter in Washington,
D. C. After this he went to Pennsylvania and married Miss Mary McGee.
They traveled west to Iowa and thence to Missouri and afterward to the
Black Hills in South Dakota, and in 1888 they crossed the country to Rathdrum,
Idaho, where the father remained until his death, on August 23, 1903, being
then seventy-two years old. The mother is living there on the homestead
now. Our subject is the fifth one of a family of ten children and
accompanied his parents in their various journeys after his birth, until
1892, when he started out for himself. He went to the Coeur d'Alene
country and mined in Murray, Wallace and Burke, and later visited the various
camps in British Columbia. At the time the reservation opened he
located his present place, ten miles southwest from Chesaw, and at noon
of that day started on horseback to Waterville, at which place he arrived
at seven o'clock the next morning. As stated, his place is practically
all under cultivation, well fenced and supplied with water, a large forty
by fifty foot barn and a comfortable
residence.
Mr. Lancaster is a member of the K. P. and
the grand lodge, having passed all the degrees. He also belongs to
the miner's union and is a popular and substantial young man.