Frederick V. Holman 1852-1927

Although our county was created February 4, 1851, records of the County Commissioners of Pacific County do not begin until June 29, 1852.  John Meldrum was president of the board, Washington Hall and Dr. Elijah White were the other commissioners, but nothing in the county records shows how they were selected. The following are from notes (by Ruth Dixon, founding editor of the Sou’wester) taken from the minutes of early commissioners’ meetings:

• First white child Frederick V. Holman born in Pacific County, Aug.29, 1852 at Pacific City.
• Territory of Washington, County of Pacific, May 3d, 1853 – Beginning at his Northwest corner at a stake in Shoalwater at John W. Champ’s Northeast corner thence East twenty chains to a Bluff bank marked X thence East twenty chains to an inaccessible corner from the Bluff thence South fifty chains to a corner also not accesable [sic] thence forty chains to a Spruce tree eight feet in diameter…
• March 3, 1856 – Ordered that the following rates of toll be established on the Ferry from Chinook to Astoria as follows Viz: for conveying each and every person from Chinook to Astoria during the month of March, Apr, May, June, July, August, Sept. Oct. at rates of $1.50 for each person, and during Nov. December January and February at rate of $2.00, Cattle and horses $3.00 each, hogs, sheep or similar stock $1.50 each – Freight at the rate of 25? for each one hundred pounds.
  

  Improving the Oysterville Road, 1870s

  March 2, 1857 – rates raise 50 cents on persons and to 30 cents per amt. on freight.

• Aug 22, 1870 – Ordered that the Report of the road Viewers at Chinook relocating the portions of the County Road that have been washed away be approved and said relocated parts of the Road be declared a County road and ordered that the Sheriff of Pacific County be authorized and commanded to prosecute the Supervisor of Road District No, 4 if within one month from this date the fences placed on said Road from Chinook River to Chinookville to obstruct the same be not removed.