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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • State history. Native Americans. Agriculture. 1920-09-25


    • Indians' grain was best

    • 1920

    • Indians' grain was best. - The prizes on threshed grain at the state fair at Yakima were nearly all taken by Indians on the Yakima reservation. Morris Miller took first on Marquis wheat, William Colwash of Fort Simcoe first on Early Bart wheat...
    • State history. Native Americans. Agriculture. 1920-09-25
    • State history. Native Americans. Honored. 1937-05-20


    • Indian maid first in school

    • 1937

    • Indian maid first in school. - First in oratory, first in scholarship and first in the hearts of those who like dynamics; so runs the description of Mary Margaret Matt, Flathead Indian maid at the DeSmet mission school. The Indian maid has starred...
    • State history. Native Americans. Honored. 1937-05-20
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. S. 1919-10-13


    • First homes of Okanogan Smith

    • 1919

    • First homes of "Okanogan" Smith
      Here are shown the first two homes of Hiram F. "Okanogan" Smith. The upper picture shows the first cabin built in the Okanogan country. It was erected in 1856. The lower photo shows the trading store and residence...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. S. 1919-10-13
    • State history. Native Americans. Contests. 1937-05-20


    • Indian maid first in school

    • 1937

    • Indian maid first in school. - First in oratory, first in scholarship and first in the hearts of those who like dramatics; so runs the description of Mary Margaret Matt, Flathead Indian maid at the DeSmet mission school. The Indian maid has starred...
    • State history. Native Americans. Contests. 1937-05-20
    • State history. Native Americans. Photographs. 1920-11-23


    • First photo ever sent by wire

    • 1920

    • First photo ever sent by wire. - The picture above is the visible record of the first successful attempt ever made in America to transmit photographs over the wire, and the first demonstration of the apparatus invented by M. Edward Belin, French...
    • State history. Native Americans. Photographs. 1920-11-23
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1936-11-15


    • First step taken in diverting Columbia

    • 1936

    • First step taken in diverting Columbia. - The west cofferdam of the Grand Coulee dam (in the foreground) was gradually filling up when this picture was taken. It was the first step in diverting the Columbia river and marked the first permanent...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1936-11-15
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. F. 1932-08-21


    • Saw many firsts of town's start
      Mrs. Horace Felt, bride in home with first sawed floor, dance hostess.
      Kin's marriage first
      Bridegroom takes crowed on steamer -- freighted from Spokane.

    • 1932

    • Saw many firsts of town's start
      Mrs. Horace Felt, bride in home with first sawed floor, dance hostess.
      Kin's marriage first
      Bridegroom takes crowed on steamer -- freighted from Spokane.
      Mrs. Horace Felt, Algona, Wash., who is visiting...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. F. 1932-08-21
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1937-03-09


    • Herman recalls when chinamen mined Columbia

    • 1937

    • Herman recalls when chinamen mined Columbia
      "I came to Walla Walla in a covered wagon drawn by oxen in 1869," announced James E. Herman, 922 North Chelan avenue, who walked into the Chamber of Commerce office yesterday to apply for a free ticket...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1937-03-09
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1937-04-05


    • Sunday school above saloon

    • 1937

    • Sunday school above saloon
      Pioneer teacher aided in founding of first course in religion.
      was first teacher
      Many pupils of Mrs. Divina Halford--first class still residents--saw progress come.
      Newport, Wash., April 4.--Living on a farm...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1937-04-05
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. J. 1938-02-06


    • Organized Big Bend's first church and public school

    • 1938

    • Organized big bend's first church and public school
      The organizer of the first church, the first Sunday school in the Big Bend, if family tradition is correct, was Mrs. Sarah Ellen Johnson, recently a resident of Lewiston, Idaho, who died in...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. J. 1938-02-06
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. K. 1937-10-31


    • He built first shack where water will reclaim the desert

    • 1937

    • He built first shack where water will reclaim the desert
      Spokane man settled in 1901 on what is now known as Quincy Flats--ran first hotel in area to serve land-seekers before any towns existed.
      By Ashley E. Holden.
      If the pioneers of the...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. K. 1937-10-31
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. P. 1935-05-12


    • First white woman at Peach

    • 1935

    • First white woman at Peach
      Mrs. W. F. Pierce of Miles, Wash., who is active at 70, is the first white woman that settled at Peach. She and her first husband, the late Lester Bayley, homesteaded there in 1881. She is the only one remaining of...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. P. 1935-05-12
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. S. 1926-07-04


    • Pioneer resident of Cheney came to Washington territory in 1871 -- Attended first school -- Married first Cheney region teacher -- his early experiences.

    • 19

    • Pioneer resident of Cheney came to Washington territory in 1871 -- Attended first school -- Married first Cheney region teacher -- his early experiences.(J. F. Spangle, pioneer resident of the Cheney region, came to Washington territory in 1871...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. S. 1926-07-04
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. W. 1932-05-02


    • Three Glamorous Decades In The Great Northwest- The Unfolding Drama of the Most Interesting Region In the U. S.

    • 1932

    • Three Glamorous Decades In The Great Northwest- The Unfolding Drama of the Most Interesting Region In the U. S. - During the past three decades I have had the privilege of knowing both the first woman and the first white man who were born in what...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. W. 1932-05-02
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. W. 1935-12-15


    • Buyer of first reaper

    • 1935

    • Buyer of first reaper - David Wilson, 76, Wilbur, was the first farmer in Douglas county to buy a reaper. He took the preemption there in 1883, proved up, took a homestead and timber claim and later added two sections of wheat land to them. He was...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. W. 1935-12-15

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