McCroskey (V.T.) Research Project Records 1983-1984

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McCroskey (V.T.) Research Project Records 1983-1984

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Research notes, transcripts of interviews, and copies of original documents about Virgil T. McCroskey of Colfax, Wash. and his efforts to establish public parks, especially Skyline Drive in North Idaho. The papers were assembled by researchers Keith Petersen and Mary Reed for a traveling exhibit in 1984.

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Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)

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Petersen, Keith

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Reed, Mary E.

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McCroskey, Virgil, 1876-1970

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Virgil McCroskey came to Whitman County with his parents. He graduated as a pharmacist from the Washington Agricultural College (now Washington State University) in 1898, moved to Colfax and operated the Elk Drug Store from 1905 to 1918. He then moved to his parents’ homestead near Steptoe and developed the land as the Mary Minerva McCroskey State Park in honor of his mother. He later moved to Oakesdale where he resided until his death. McCroskey maintained a lifelong interest in conservation is...

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Virgil Talmadge McCroskey was born in Tennessee on 5 October 1876. The McCroskey family moved to a homestead near the base of Steptoe Butte in 1879. In 1898, McCroskey graduated from the Washington Agricultural College (State College of Washington) with a degree in pharmacy. After working as a pharmacist in several locations in the Pacific Northwest, he purchased the Elk Drug Store in Colfax in 1903. He worked there until 1920, when he retired at the age of forty-four. For the next ...

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