The Baker Family Collection 1850-1970 1850-1948

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The Baker Family Collection 1850-1970 1850-1948

Contains the personal papers and business records of the Baker family of Walla Walla, Washington, from the materials of Dorsey Syng to those of his sons.

40 linear feet; 168 boxes

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SNAC Resource ID: 6365012

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Walla Walla Traction Company

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Boyer, John Franklin, 1824-1897.

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Baker, Ezra Haupt, b. 1816

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Tibbetts, Mary Fox, 1815-1901.

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Baker, Henry Clay Dorsey, 1858-1943

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National Sugar Company, Incorporated

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Union Mills

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Baker, Mary Leiger, 1840-1865

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Baker, Dorsey Franklin, 1880-1961

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Kennedy, Lincoln Earl, 1893-1969

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Pacific Utilities Company

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Walla Walla Woolen Maufacturing Company

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Comstock Extension Mining and Milling Company

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Cyanide Mining and Milling Company

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Wardner Mining and Milling Company

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Chapman, Hastings, and Baker

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Baker, Dorsey Syng, 1823-1888

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Doctor Dorsey W. Baker was born in Wabash County, Ill., in 1823. After ventures in California he settled in Walla Walla, Wash., in 1861, opening a store and investing in railroads and steamboats, and becoming associated with Henry W. Corbett and Alexander Ankeny of Portland. From the description of Dorsey Syng Baker letters, 1863-1869. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 54374200 ...

Mill Creek Flume and Manufacturing Company

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Walla Walla Farmers' Agency

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Langdon, John Warren, 1871-1930

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George Wright and Company

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Morrison, Edward H., b. 1846

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Middle Cascade Portage Company

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Walla Walla Hotel and Investment Company

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Langdon, William Warren, 1843-1915

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Kennedy, James K., 1824-1907

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Reese, Isham Tyree, 1829-1903

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Castilloa Rubber Plantation

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Northwest (ship)

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Baker, Sarah Ann Miller, 1853-1945

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Kennedy, Harriet Tibbetts Waller, b. 1843

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Walla Walla Street Railway and Investment Company

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Young, Vail, and Company

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Whitman Seminary

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Preston Brothers

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Baker-Langdon Orchard

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Baker, Barton Peisch, 1821-1894

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Moscow Real Estate and Commercial Association

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Baker and Baker, Incorporated

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Baker, Emma Jones, 1880-1978

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Tibbetts, Oscar, b. 1841

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Baker, Elizabeth Hannah Millican Horton McCullough, 1840-1917

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Real Estate Improvement Agency

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Baker and Clark

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Preston, William G., 1832-1916

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Osborn, Obediah, 1835-1904

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Warm Water irrigation Company

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Ogilbee, John Watson, 1846-1927

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Pioneer Supply Depot

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Wauna Toll Bridge Company

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Moore, Miles C. (Miles Conway), 1845-1919

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Miles C. Moore was born April 17, 1845, in Rix Mills, Ohio. He emigrated to Walla Walla, Washington in 1863. In March, 1873 he married Mary E. Baker, daughter of Dorsey S. Baker, a prominent Walla Walla resident and co-founder of Baker-Boyer Bank. In 1884 he was chairman of the republican territorial convention, and in March 1889 he was named territorial governor of Washington, a position he held until Washington was admitted to statehood on November 13, 1889. In 1903 he was elected president of...

Walla Walla Commercial Club

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Baker, Caroline Tibbetts, 1834-1863

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Wright, George, 1817-1893.

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Powell, Edward Louis, b. 1851

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Green, William Orville, 1830-1878

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Baker, Mary Esther Jones, 1868-1903

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Walla Walla Farm Agency

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Baker, William W., 1861-1948

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Baker family

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This history was originally written by Nancy Blankenship Pryor, with additions from Jeanne Alkins. It was revised and expanded by Janet Mallen. Walla Walla's dynastic Baker family began with Dorsey Syng Baker, known commonly as D.S. He began creating a business empire in the mid-19th century in the Oregon and Washington Territories. He began his journey to the west, not as an entrepreneur, but as a young doctor. Dorsey followed the pioneer tr...

Moore-Baker Company

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Baker Loan and Investment Company

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Clark, Herbert

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Park Improvement Company

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M.C. Moore and Company

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Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad

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Besley, Green and Company

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First National Bank

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Besley, William Henry

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Cline Warehouse Company

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Baker, W. W., 1861-1948

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Baker-Boyer National Bank.

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Baker and Cline

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Baker, Edwin Sebastian, b. 1816

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Washington Flour Mills

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Northwest Toll Bridge Company

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Evans, George A., 1835-1916

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Walla Walla Water Company

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Shuham, Walter Guest, 1880-1961

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Wright, William T., 1845-1917

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Spray (ship)

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Baker, Edwin Franklin, 1851-1936

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Whitman College

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The 1986 American Philosophical Association's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Education in Philosophy gained Whitman national recognition for having received an honor that had been awarded only twice before. When it was discovered that the award had beenfabricated by a disgruntled ex-student,Whitman received national recognition and ridicule. From the guide to the Whitman College Philosophy Department Records, 1987-1989, (Whitman College and Northwest Archives) Whitman...

Baker, Clara Elizabeth Young, 1860-1947

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D.S. Baker and Company

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Walla Walla Valley Railroad Company

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Preston, Platt A., 1837-1900

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Oregon Railway and Navigation Company

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Incorporated in 1879, the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company carried agricultural and mining freight on two mail lines; Portland to Huntington, Oregon and Pendleton, Oregon to Winona, Washington. By 1890 it owned over 642 miles of track, but in 1896 it was sold to the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company. From the description of Timetables, 1881-1903. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 48757673 ...

Tibbetts, Gideon, 1808-1887.

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Gideon and Mary Tibbetts arrived in Oregon in 1847. A few years later, Gideon moved his family to East Portland and took over a homestead originally held by a family named Dobbins. This area, about 600 acres, was known as Tibbetts Addition. Gideon also served one term in the Oregon legislature. Brooklyn, Oregon later became a district of Portland, Oregon. From the description of Gideon Tibbetts daybook [manuscript], 1857-1860. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat re...

Cornwell, Oliver T. 1863-1935

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Merchants Transportation Line

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