McCleary: Fact or Fiction?

Here are four historical myths (of varying degrees) about McCleary, Washington.

Tall Tale or Historical Fact?

After publishing this piece, I sent it to several historians in the area and even visited the government archives in Victoria, BC. Later I posted part of this on OlyBlog.

So far no one can verify there were any brothers named Chase in the area. No one can verify the area that is now McCleary, Washington ever had any Anglo structures erected as early as 1832.