Just across Lake Osoyoos from here, Hiram F. (Okanogan) Smith became Okanogan County's first white settler in the late 1850's. For years, his lonely trading post was a welcome sight to travelers. In 1857 Smith planted 1200 small apple trees carried by snowshoe and packhorse from Hope, B.C. They were the beginning of the Washington State apple industry. Eleven of his trees are still bearing. A miner and pioneer cattleman, Smith served in the territorial and state legislatures before his death in 1893.