Articles written by Glenn Leitz

Glenn Leitz|Jan 28, 2010

This view of Martha Washington Rock is from half of a two-picture card for a stereoscopic viewer which provided a three dimensional effect by combining two prints. The card dated this scene in 1904. Martha Washington School, which was located on N. Morton in Colfax where the Colfax High Vo-Ag shop and parking lot are now located, was constructed in 1894 and originally called the North Ward School. The name was changed to Martha Washington School in 1913, the year the rock came tumbling down the cliff face on the opposite side of the river.... Full story