Hull, Lindley M., compiler and editor.  "A History of Central Washington,
Including the Famous Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan and the Columbia Valleys."
Spokane: Press of Shaw & Borden Co., 1929.  p. 295.

LAYFIELD and PETERSON

     About the year 1886 Messrs. Layfield and Peterson, whose initials we do not
recall, took homestead claims on a bench of the Columbia River, just east of the
mouth of Colockum Creek. Mrs. Layfield and Mrs. Peterson were sisters.  Both
families made substantial improvements on their claims, taking water from the
Colockum Creek for irrigation. They continued to operate these ranches until
about the year 1892, when they sold out and moved to other parts, their present
residence being unknown.  A Mr. Webb, who had been a successful furniture dealer
in Ellensburg bought the Layfield place, while the Peterson ranch was sold to
Jensen Brothers. The last named young men were bachelors, who after a few years
sold their holdings to John D. Dill, then a well known attorney of Wenatchee. 
In 1895, Mr. Webb sold his ranch to Francis X. Courtway, giving possession in
June.

     
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Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in June 2009 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.