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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
  • Description: Missouri
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    • State History. Native Americans. Sports. 1937-06-22


    • River cruiser wins last Fort Benton race up Missouri

    • 1937

    • River cruiser wins last Fort Benton race up Missouri. - The upper photo shows the Glasgow-Fort Peck cruiser winning the last race that ever will be held up the Missouri river to Fort Benton, Mont. The Fort Peck dam will cut off river traffic from...
    • State History. Native Americans. Sports. 1937-06-22
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. V. 1925-07-12


    • From catfishing to running bank
      W. D. Vincent, Spokane Financier, has climbed high from lowly start.
      Had set aim in life
      Even as "Meanest Boy" in Missouri. He yearned to be a banker.

    • 1925

    • From catfishing to running bank
      W. D. Vincent, Spokane Financier, has climbed high from lowly start.
      Had set aim in life
      Even as "Meanest Boy" in Missouri. He yearned to be a banker.
      Lots of famous folk came from Missouri. It is a...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. V. 1925-07-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1932-06-16


    • Irishman from missouri recalls colorful early gold rush days.

    • 1932

    • Irishman from missouri recalls colorful early gold rush days. - The rush of amateur gold diggers tot he creeks of the Inland Empire this month is nothing compared with the rush which took place in the Coeur d'Alenes in 1883, in the opinion of E. S....
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1932-06-16
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. T. 1937-06-08


    • Old settler stories
      From the files of the Garfield enterprise

    • 1937

    • Old settler stories
      From the files of the Garfield enterprise
      In St. Louis, in February, 1852, I joined in partnership with a man by the name of A. H. Wilson. We fitted up three four-mule teams to make the trip across the plains to...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. T. 1937-06-08
    • Northwest history. Mining. Geology. 1934-10-23


    • Ancient river bed has rich gold ore.

    • 1934

    • Ancient river bed has rich gold ore. - A great river once crossed Montana from northeast to southwest, in almost the opposite direction of the Missouri, and so large that it would have put to shame old Missouri, according to geologists.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Geology. 1934-10-23
    • State history. Native Americans. Historical. 1936-03-13


    • 1936 marks centennial of N. W. pioneers

    • 1936

    • 1936 marks centennial of N. W. pioneers / by Seth T. Woodard
      Fort Union, long since abandoned, was situated on the Missouri river near the mouth of the Yellowstone. It was built by the American Fur... company in 1830, and at the time of Governor...
    • State history. Native Americans. Historical. 1936-03-13
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. A. 1937-05-07


    • Spokane mother came west 85 years ago

    • 1937

    • Spokane mother came west 85 years ago
      Just 85 years ago this spring, when Mrs. Hannah E. Anderson was 6 weeks old, her parents lifted her into a big covered wagon and started the long slow journey from Missouri to California. In 1884, she and...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. A. 1937-05-07
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. D. 1936-02-14


    • Covered wagon days described by pioneer
      Pullman in its infancy

    • 1936

    • Covered wagon days described by pioneer
      Pullman in its infancy
      We came to Pullman in the fall of 1881. The W. T. Boyles family came earlier and were living on the Jimmie Darlin place in the Banner neighborhood. When we came to town the first...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. D. 1936-02-14
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. D. 1936-08-21


    • A resident of president 33 years

    • 1936

    • A resident of president 33 years
      Fifty-six years ago in October, Mrs. Davidson left her home in Mason county, Missouri, for Washington Territory. She arrived in Walla Walla the 26th of October, 1880. She traveled by way of San Francisco.. The...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. D. 1936-08-21
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1930-06-21


    • Pioneers talk over old times

    • 1930

    • Pioneers talk over old times - When Whitman County Pioneers' association held its annual picnic Wednesday, H. C. Harlow, left, and E. Laney, right, were found to be the oldest pioneers in attendance. Mr. Harlow, who is 92, has lived in the Palouse...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1930-06-21
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. J. 1929-05-12


    • Old Wallula finds champion
      Spokane man, who lived there as boy, thinks its history should be recognized with monument--recalls importance in pioneer days.

    • 1929

    • Old Wallula finds champion
      Spokane man, who lived there as boy, thinks its history should be recognized with monument--recalls importance in pioneer days.
      A proposal to erect some sort of marker at the old site of Fort Walla Walla, near the...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. J. 1929-05-12
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. P. 1937-02-08


    • Pioneer heads four generations

    • 1937

    • Pioneer heads four generations - This group shows Mrs. Nancy Partridge, 84, seated at right with her great-grandson, Jimmie Bowman, standing at her side, and her daughter, Mrs. Minnie Stookey, Wilbur, Wash., seated at the left. Her granddaughter,...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. P. 1937-02-08
    • Northwest history. Mining. Appointments & resignations. 1919-10-12


    • Direct Loon Lake work - engineer Cole to take charge of mine operations

    • 1919

    • Direct Loon Lake work - engineer Cole to take charge of mine operations - John T. Cole has been placed in charge of underground operations at the Loon Lake Copper company, Loon Lake, Wash., under the direction of W. L. Ziegier, superintendent. Mr....
    • Northwest history. Mining. Appointments & resignations. 1919-10-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Conventions. 1919-11-27


    • Thomson tells of work done at mines meet - Idaho man says road program will be of big benefit

    • 1919

    • Thomson tells of work done at mines meet - Idaho man says road program will be of big benefit - Francis A. Thomson, dean of the school of mines at Moscow, and an accredited delegate from Idaho and from the Northwest Mining association, has returned...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Conventions. 1919-11-27

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