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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
  • Subjects: Washington (State) -- History -- 1889-1950
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    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. D. 1937-09-02


    • Rolland H. Denny 86 years 'young'
      Life of pioneer Seattle citizen has kept pace with city's growth

    • 1937

    • Rolland H. Denny 86 years 'young'
      Life of pioneer Seattle citizen has kept pace with city's growth.
      No history of Seattle will ever be written without the name of Rolland H. Denny in its pages, for his life parallels the growth of the city.
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. D. 1937-09-02
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. G. 1929-08-03


    • The portraits of the pioneers are a part of History

    • 1929

    • The portraits of the pioneers are a part of History
      How cherished are the portraits of those sturdy pioneers who made Spokane history before the days of the great fire! Their photographs will live forever -- of first importance in the City's...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. G. 1929-08-03
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1928-11-07


    • Pullman's first school teacher relates her early-day experiences

    • 1928

    • Pullman's first school teacher relates her early-day experiences
      Aside with your cares and frowns and come with me into the facinating archives of history to listen to a tale of Pullman in swaddling clothes told by a sweet old lady, an image of...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1928-11-07
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1931-06-13


    • Civil War veteran, Yakima resident for 60 years, now messenger "Boy."

    • 1931

    • Civil War veteran, Yakima resident for 60 years, now messenger "Boy." - John W. Hummel, 81, United States army veteran and man of varied experiences, is messenger "boy" for the Wapato telegraph office. He took the job, he said, because a...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1931-06-13
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1937-02-12


    • Hobbs remembers pleasure of hearing Lincoln speak

    • 1937

    • Hobbs remembers pleasure of hearing Lincoln speak
      "Yes, I saw Lincoln, and I always like to talk about him." Ninety-three-year-old Josephus Hbbs, Civil war veteran, commander of the Reno G. A. R. post, is one of the few in Spokane who can...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1937-02-12
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. G. 1918-05-07


    • Romance of Walla Walla's pioneer history

    • 1918

    • Romance of Walla Walla's pioneer history
      The death of Mrs. Thomas Gilkerson, first white woman to be married in Walla Walla county, is another impressive reminder of the amazing progress made by that region in a single generation. While the...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. G. 1918-05-07
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1926-06-11


    • When I first saw Pullman

    • 1926

    • When I first saw Pullman
      "Oldtimers" relate interesting bits of early day Pullman history in interviews at pioneer picnic:
      Revealing the early day status of the territory on which Pullman now is situated, and the appearance of the town in its...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1926-06-11
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1937-03-18


    • Spokane Falls-sportsmen paradise in early days.

    • 1937

    • Spokane Falls-sportsmen paradise in early days.
      Spokane Falls was a sportsman's paradise in the frontier days prior to 1900, says D. T. Ham, W824 Seventh, who came to Spokane in 1883 from California.
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1937-03-18
    • 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. I. 1930-01-28


    • Past ninety

    • 1930

    • Past niney
      James Irwin, oldest of the four remaining civil war veterans in Colfax, was 90 years old las August. He was born in Randolph county, Indiana, August 23, 1839. He enlisted in the 20th Ohio volunteers at New Paris, Ohio, early in...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. I. 1930-01-28
    • 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. L. 1926-03-07


    • Court scribe, 77, lays down pen

    • 1926

    • Court scribe, 77, lays down pen
      A. C. Libby retires after reporting legal proceedings in Idaho 33 years.
      Recalls Borah's start
      Went through turbulent times of miners' union troubles and martial law.
      After 33 years continuous service as...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. L. 1926-03-07
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. M. 1917-10-31


    • Mrs. McKee tells of early days in state

    • 1917

    • Mrs. McKee tells of early days in state
      Attended university when students numbered 200.
      Speaker interecting women in state in the minute women movement
      Mrs. Ruth Karr McKee addressed the normal students Thursday morning, telling of an...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. M. 1917-10-31
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. M. 1922-04-04


    • Noted Washington pioneer dies

    • 1922

    • Noted Washington pioneer dies
      One of the most remarkable characters in its history was lost to the state of Washington when State Senator R. C. McCroskey died at his home at Garfield on April 10. Slight of build, but with almost unlimited...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. M. 1922-04-04
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. M. 1928-09-20


    • Teacher still optimistic after forty years' service

    • 1928

    • Teacher still optimistic after forty years' service
      Mattie Moore has record of three decades in same school.
      When you hear that a woman has taught the same grade in the same school for 30 years, you wonder. When you go to interview her you...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. M. 1928-09-20

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