Moving History Forward: Paul Clagstone and The Belle of Chicago
Paul Clagstone
Photo courtesy Richard Sheldon
In 1871, Paul Clagstone was born into a wealthy Chicago, Ill., family. He became a Harvard Law School educated lawyer, plus holding law degrees from the university of Berlin and Columbia Law school.
His law practice having made him wealthy, he came to the Northwest to prospect for gold and silver in Washington, Idaho and Canada. In 1900, at age 29 he moved to Granite, Idaho, and started to homestead.