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Kathy and Wendy getting to the top of the hill.
The home only took 11 days to build but is still standing over 100 years later. You can view the home, built by the Johnson family in December 1910, hiking up the Skeeko trail. Additionally, you’ll see many of the fruit trees originally planted by homesteaders still alive and well on the island!
While the federal government once offered parcels for homesteading in the early 1900s, the island is now a protected habitat for wild horses and other wildlife.
In the early 1900s the federal government opened up Wild Horse Island to non-Native homesteaders via a lottery system. While the parcels were open to tribal members before homesteaders were given permission to inhabit the island’s lands, neither the natives nor the homesteaders took much interest in the island. Ultimately, only a few people chose to build on its lands.
The home only took 11 days to build but is still standing over 100 years later. You can view the home, built by the Johnson family in December 1910, hiking up the Skeeko trail. Additionally, you’ll see many of the fruit trees originally planted by homesteaders still alive and well on the island!
While the federal government once offered parcels for homesteading in the early 1900s, the island is now a protected habitat for wild horses and other wildlife.
In the early 1900s the federal government opened up Wild Horse Island to non-Native homesteaders via a lottery system. While the parcels were open to tribal members before homesteaders were given permission to inhabit the island’s lands, neither the natives nor the homesteaders took much interest in the island. Ultimately, only a few people chose to build on its lands.
Jul 22 2025