Conover, Charles Tallmadge, 1862-1961

Writer and businessman Charles Tallmadge Conover worked as an editor at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper during the mid-1880s, then formed the Crawford and Conover Real Estate firm with Samuel L. Crawford. He also authored several books, including Mirrors of Seattle: Reflecting Some Aged Men of Fifty and a biography of Thomas Burke. Conover helped organize the Seattle Humane Society, and served as publicity chairman for the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, where he coined the state nickname, "The Evergreen State."

From the description of C.T. Conover photograph collection, ca. 1880-1957 [graphic]. ca. 1880-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 53258149

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