CRITCHFIELD GULCH GRAVE, Asotin County, WA The US GenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. All submissions become part of the permanent collection. Transcribed and submitted by Jill Nock November 22, 1999. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. jjnock@cpcinternet.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Critchfield Gulch Grave T10N R46E Section 6 This is a transcription of Robert Weatherly's work. Used with permission. There is a lone grave located in Critchfield Gulch in northern Asotin Cnty. It is located about 1/4 mile south of the Critchfield Gulch Road, and about 1-1/4 miles west of the junction of Critchfield Gulch Road and the Clarkston Asotin Highway (129). The exact location of the grave is in N 1/2 of SE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 6, T10N, R46E, W.M. There is a question as to who is buried there. Some believe that it was a Critchfield, an early settler there. Joe Bankson who owned and farmed the land for many years understood that it was a man who had worked on the old open ditch that carried water from Asotin to Clarkston and ran by this location. He was supposed to have died on the job and was buried there. The grave had a picket fence around it that was maintained for many years, but all sign of the grave or the fence is gone now. However, when Eliel and Sarah Dodson sold this land to Frank Morrison on Apr 24, 1897, this grave site was described on the deed and the exact location pinpointed. There is a housing development in the area at the present time. UNKNOWN, Man Early settler