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Kirk: Created page with ""The Oregonian's Handbook of the Pacific Northwest." Portland, OR: Oregonian Publishing Co., 1894. pg. 446.
Around the shores of the Great Medicine Lake as Medical Lake was called by the Indians, camped the sick and the afflicted members of the Colville and Coeur d'Alene tribes of Indians long before the white man invaded this part of Washington. To this little lake, nestling beneath a granite cliff at the edge of the Big Bend country, came the Indians fr..."

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Created page with ""The Oregonian's Handbook of the Pacific Northwest." Portland, OR: Oregonian Publishing Co., 1894. pg. 446. <blockquote> Around the shores of the Great Medicine Lake as Medical Lake was called by the Indians, camped the sick and the afflicted members of the Colville and Coeur d'Alene tribes of Indians long before the white man invaded this part of Washington. To this little lake, nestling beneath a granite cliff at the edge of the Big Bend country, came the Indians fr..."

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"The Oregonian's Handbook of the Pacific Northwest." Portland, OR: Oregonian
Publishing Co., 1894. pg. 446.

<blockquote>
Around the shores of the Great Medicine Lake as Medical Lake was called by
the Indians, camped the sick and the afflicted members of the Colville and Coeur
d'Alene tribes of Indians long before the white man invaded this part of
Washington. To this little lake, nestling beneath a granite cliff at the edge
of the Big Bend country, came the Indians from the tribal lands many suns
distant. To them it was a sacred spot furnished by the Great Spirit for the
benefit of the sick and debilitated who found renewed vigor by bathing in its
waters.

The healing and curative properties of the waters of Medical Lake have
given it a wide-spread reputation, and it is not infrequently referred to as the
"Modern Pool of Siloam." The density of this water is as great as is that of
Great Salt Lake in Utah. The least rubbing of the surface of the body touched
by the water immediately produces a lather equal to that produced by the best
soap. Medical Lake salt evaporated from the waters of the lake now finds a sale
in all parts of the United States. It imparts to water in which it is dissolved
the properties of the waters of Medical Lake itself. During the summer months
thousands of tourists and invalids visit the lake, and excursion trains are run
tri-weekly during the season between Medical Lake and the neighboring city of
Spokane.

In 1872 Mr. A. LeFevre, a native of France, visited the lake and pre-empted
a claim of 160 acres of land along its shores. For years he had been afflicted
with paralysis of the right arm caused by rheumatism. Noticing one day some
sheep that had the scab plunging into the lake his curiosity was excited. An
inspection a few days later of these same sheep led to the discovery that the
scab had entirely disappeared. Mr. LeFevre at once determined to apply a little
of the water to his arm. To his great surprise the blood soon began to
circulate naturally in the afflicted member. A few weeks later the last trace
of the former paralysis disappeared and today Mr. LeFevre, who is a highly
respected and wealthy citizen of Medical Lake, emphasizes the story of his cure
by gesticulating with the very arm of which for years he was denied the use.

Rapid settlement followed Mr. LeFevre's location at Medical Lake. It at
once became a great resort for invalids. On the east bank of the lake has since
sprung up an attractive and prosperous town which bears the name of the lake on
it which it is located. The town of Medical Lake contains today about 1,000
people. It is in Spokane county, 20 miles west of Spokane by the Seattle, Lake
Shore & Eastern branch of the Northern Pacific, and 10 miles west of Cheney by
the Central Washington branch of the same road. Immediately west of Medical
Lake and occupying a commanding and picturesque location on the summit of a high
hill overlooking the placid waters of the lake is the Eastern Washington
Hospital for the insane. A short distance from the immense structure occupied
by the asylum are great granite quarries. Stone from these quarries is in great
demand in Washington, and the quarrying of this stone is Medical Lake's most
important industry.
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Submitted to the Washington Bios. Project in May 2005 by Diana Smith. Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.
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