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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
  • Subject Keys: pioneers
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    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. C. 1920-04-15


    • Old settlers are taken back to days before the fire in 1889
      Pioneers are guests of ad club - use slides to entertain.

    • 1920

    • Old settlers are taken back to days before the fire in 1889
      Pioneers are guests of ad club - use slides to entertain.
      More than a score of Spokane's pioneers, who have resided here for 40 years or more, were guests of the Spokane Advertising...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. C. 1920-04-15
    • 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. G. 1934-08-20


    • Spokane's Pioneers are Still Working

    • 1934

    • Spokane's Pioneers are Still Working - Don't think of Spokanes pioneers as vanished people of the misty past. They're not. They haven't vanished- at least a goodly number of them haven't. They're here today just as loyal to the old town as ever,...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. G. 1934-08-20
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. M. 1920-07-12


    • Oldest of pioneers recalls experiences

    • 1920

    • Oldest of pioneers recalls experiences
      Ezra Meeker, hero of many Indian battles, at Manito park picnic.
      "Worn deep and wide by the migration of 300,000 people, lined by the graves of 20,000 dead, withness of romance and tragedy, the Oregon...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. M. 1920-07-12
    • 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. J. 1936-05-17


    • Pioneers regret lack of marker

    • 1936

    • Pioneers regret lack of marker
      Old settlers at Wallula feel full justice has not been done
      Among the scores of pioneers who have expressed regret over the absence of a suitably marker in the Wallula district is the Johnson family. The...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. J. 1936-05-17
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. R. 1930-09-03


    • Twin Pioneers Born on Same Day

    • 1930

    • "Twin Pioneers" Born on Same Day - Although not related A. L. Christian, W1519 Broadway, left, and W. E. Reed, E1303 Front, are "twin pioneers." They have known each other 20 years but only yesterday discovered that they were born on the same day,...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. R. 1930-09-03
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. B. 1936-03-25


    • E. A. Smith recalls prominent pioneers

    • 1936

    • E. A. Smith recalls prominent pioneers
      Pioneers of Spokane and the Inland Empire were recalled in colorful reminisences Monday by Edwin A. Smith of the Washington Farmer, who addressed the agricultural bureau of the Chamber of Commerce.
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. B. 1936-03-25
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. C. 1935-12-13


    • Pioneers I have known

    • 1935

    • Pioneers I have known
      Mamie James Chase is the second daughter of W. H. James, exgovernor of Nebraska. After his term of service in that office he moved to West Point, near Freemont, where, lacking high school advantages, Mamie worked as...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. C. 1935-12-13
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. C. 1935-12-20


    • Pioneers I have known
      Mamie James Chase and her story, "The rock."

    • 1935

    • Pioneers I have known
      Mamie James Chase and her story, "The rock."
      The scene of the story I now give you, lies just eastward from Palouse Falls, and includes a strip some four miles wide and perhaps 14 miles north and south, from which the...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. C. 1935-12-20
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. D. 1936-02-28


    • Pioneers and pioneering

    • 1936

    • Pioneers and pioneering
      So much interest was created by the pioneer narrative prepared by Mrs. Lula Downen and the contest for the naming of men who have been continuous residents of Pullman since early in 1891 that a popular demand has arisen...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. D. 1936-02-28
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. E. 1936-06-12


    • 1884 Homestead is still theirs
      Mr. and Mrs. George Engelland defeated hardships of pioneers.

    • 1936

    • 1884 Homestead is still theirs
      Mr. and Mrs. George Engelland defeated hardships of pioneers.
      Mr. and Mrs. George Engelland, who observed their golden wedding July 7 in their home here, were married in 1886 in what was known as the Watson...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. E. 1936-06-12
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1935-01-26


    • Pioneers drank watered milk

    • 1935

    • Pioneers drank watered milk - Sixty years ago Fred Harrington, well known Spokane real estate dealer, first set foot in Washington territory. It was only for a few hours, but he liked it well enough to think of returning.
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1935-01-26
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. G. 1919-01-22


    • Childhood days flavored with adventure.

    • 1919

    • "Childhood" days flavored with adventure.
      And Spokane's pioneers? O, they've been around a little; grimmer, a "jack tar," and "cap" gray, a frontier peace officer; town had killings galore.
      Fraught with adventure and excitement were the...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. G. 1919-01-22
    • 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. J. 1919-12-15


    • Living pioneers of Washington

    • 1919

    • Living pioneers of Washington
      Closely related to the lumber and steamboat interests of Pugent sound for more than half a century, Mrs. Jackson is now president of the Jackson Estate, Inc. Her home is at 2614 East Pine street, Seattle.
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. J. 1919-12-15
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. G. 1933-08-23


    • Recalls city's early days
      Mrs. W. C. Gray as Young Bride Fooled Pioneers on Bread question; winter was so cold that kitchen was skating rink.

    • 1933

    • Recalls city's early days
      Mrs. W. C. Gray as Young Bride Fooled Pioneers on Bread question; winter was so cold that kitchen was skating rink.
      Baking powder biscuits can be cooked in loaves like bread; but, of course, the finished product can...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. G. 1933-08-23
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. K. 1920-03-23


    • Living pioneers of Washington

    • 1920

    • Living pioneers of Washington
      By Edmond S. Keany professor of history, University of Washington
      Daughter of the first American settler on Pugent sound, Mrs. Koontz, has certainly witnessed a wonderful transformation from the wilderness days...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. K. 1920-03-23

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