Warren Wood Glass Negatives, Photographs and Appointment Notebooks 1870-1932

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Warren Wood Glass Negatives, Photographs and Appointment Notebooks 1870-1932

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Wood was a pioneer surveyor of the Pacific Northwest from 1883 to 1932 who worked at or visited sites including the Puyallup Valley, Auburn, Fort Nisqually, St. Joseph’s Mission near Yakima, Fort Simcoe, the Whitman Mission, Fort Dalles, Steilacoom, and other sites in Washington and Oregon. The collection consists of diaries and a photo album.

7.5 linear feet; 15 boxes

eng,

University of Puget Sound Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6371398

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Wood, Warren P., b. 1858

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Warren P. Wood (b. 1858) was an early surveyor of Washington and Oregon. Wood and his partner Nicholson are believed to be the original platters of the town of Auburn, Washington. Wood and Meeker checked the original location of Fort Nisqually, visited St. Joseph's Mission on the Ahtanum near Yakima, Washington, as well as Fort Simcoe. They also visited historical sites at the Whitman Mission, Fort Dalles, and the town of Steilacoom near Tacoma, Washington. Wood was the son of Joseph Warren and ...

Talcott, George Noyes, 1858-1949

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Bonney, W. P. (William Pierce), 1856-

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Edward Selig Salomon was a Prussian immigrant to the United States who served as a Union Brigadier general in the American Civil War, became the governor of the Washington Territory and a California legislator. Mr. Salomon was born in 1836. He immigrated to the United States in 1856 and settled in Chicgo, IL. He became one of the youngest elected aldermen of the Sixth Ward in 1861. During the Civil War, he served with great distinction. He became a hero during the Battle of Gettysburg because he...

Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928

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Meeker was a pioneer on the wagon trail. From the description of Letter : Los Angeles, Calif., to Rolland A. Vandegrift, University of Southern California, 1924 April 28. (Natural History Museum Foundation, Los Angeles County). WorldCat record id: 23367142 Ezra Meeker was an early pioneer who traveled the Oregon Trail by ox cart as a young man. Beginning in his 70s he worked tirelessly to memorialize the trail, repeatedly retracing the trip of his youth. Meeker was born in H...