The Early Years
1843 Spanish explorer Juan Lopes discovers Ailaklak Indians living in mountains, the Ailaklaks eagerly convert to Christianity, then while the missionaries backs are turned, the Ailaklaks run for the hills and are not seen again for 20 years 1863 After firing at members of the Ailaklak tribe, the Foster party has their animal and rifles seized by a large war party, the Foster party is trapped in a snow storm two day later, unable to leave the valley or hunt for food, the Foster party slowly starves to death. 1871 Silver is discovered in the Orian pass, two boom towns are quickly built east and west of the strikes, A man named Salvador Greko takes control of the town of Sparta, while Luther Priest takes control of Athens, both men fight for control of the silver mines until Salvador is slain in 1877. Two months later the mines play out and Priest abandons the area. The Current Situation
The woods in the northern end of the pass are separated from most of the are by Blind Widow mountain. Because of this isolation they have remained wild and unchanged since before the area was settled, making it a popular place for naturalists, hunters and hikers. When the National forest was declared it was assumed that the woods was a part of it, but on paper the national forest ends well north of Blind Widow Mt.
Tories found out about this descepency and had put in a claim on the land, he plans to develop a casino resort by a lake in the woods and develop a ski run on Blind Widow MT. Objecting to these plans are Luara Miller, the owner of the local ski resort and numerous naturalist.
Supporting the plan is mayor Graves who would like to see his town develop and other local who like the ideal of more money coming into town.