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. 200. S. A. CHISHOLM the owner of this name, has been for forty odd years on the Pacific Coast, and to his large circle of friends and acquaintances he is often addressed as "Sandy." He is a native of Ontario, Canada, and first came to the United States with his parents, who located in Minnesota. His people followed farming, and it was on the farm that he formed habits of industry that have clung to him throughout his career. In 1887, he came to Washington Territory, still a very young man, and found no difficulty in annexing a job, for the country was in the full swing of development and hustling young men were at a premium. Soon after his arrival he was offered work to his liking somewhere in the Cle Elum country and he immediately proceeded thitherward, walking part of the way. He soon fell in with two young men, who professed a desire for work, and upon being told they would have no trouble in getting it, replied that they were going to the Puget Sound country and needed money, and intimated that Mr. Chisholm might help them out, but this honor was declined, whereupon they grew threatening and informed Mr. Chisholm that they were going to have that money, and if he valued whole bones, he had "better hand it over." "Well," said Mr. Chisholm, "in that case here it is" and he thrust his hand into his pocket, but instead of a pocketbook, out came a wicked looking gun, all ready for action, and those knights of the road were made to face about and march westward, while the wrath of the boy Chisholm found vent in saying things. In 1889, Mr. Chisholm came to the Wenatchee country, and excepting for a short time in California, he has continued to live near the Stemilt Creek country, most of the time engaged in fruit raising. He developed the Three Lakes irrigation project. In 1923, in the new town of Appleyard, he built and began the operation of the Springwater Hotel on Squilchuck Creek. This hostelery was badly wrecked in the flood of August, 1925, but the damage has been repaired, and the business is again in operation. Mrs. Chisholm was known as Miss Sylvia Carmen in her girlhood days, and is a native of Georgia. Mr. Chisholm has several brothers living in Washington; among the number is Tom Chisholm, well known fruit grower of the Stemilt Hill country. Mr. Chisholm in an interview mentioned a Mr. A. J. Atherton, who with another man passed through the Wenatchee country in 1862, or 63, in pursuit of horse thieves, who had gone north with a band of mules. These stock rustlers were surprised in camp near what is now Brewster, by Atherton and his companion, and unhesitatingly shot, and the mules driven back to the Walla Walla country. ******************* Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in February 2012 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.