Remote road sees name change

Drivers can no longer travel the county’s Mail Route Road, after commissioners Monday changed its name to Cayuse Lake Road.

The new name was requested by Jeremy Smith, who owns the only residence along the 6.8-mile road that runs east-to-west south of Ewan.

“We were thinking we need a little facelift in the area,” said Smith. “So why not change the road name to something a little more hip?”

Smith’s family has lived in the area since his great-grandfather moved there in the late-1930s.

He said they have a field named Cayuse Flat, and in that field is a large, snow-fed puddle they affectionately...