Charles Tallmadge Conover papers, 1889-1956.

Burke, Thomas, 1849-1925

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Judge Thomas Burke was for nearly fifty years a central figure in the political and economic life of Washington State and especially Seattle. Burke arrived in Seattle in 1875 to make his fortune. An astute lawyer and speculator, he acquired a reputation as a talented courtroom advocate. As the Democratic candidate for territorial delegate to Congress in 1880, Burke conducted a vigorous, though unsuccessful, campaign. In 1885 he and Seattle newcomer Daniel Gilman attracted Eastern capital and bui...

Penrose, Stephen Beasley Linnard, 1864-1947

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On October 2, 1894, Stephen B. L. Penrose (1864-1947) arrived in Walla Walla, Washington, and began a 40-year tenure as the third president of Whitman College. Penrose had first come to Washington state straight out of Yale Divinity School, under the auspices of the Congregational American Home Mission Society. After revitalizing a Congregational church in Dayton, Penrose was called to the presidency of Whitman College. As a trustee, Penrose was aware of the college's financial problems; but he ...

Devin, William F. (William Franklin), 1898-1982

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Pulsifer, Harold Trowbridge, 1886-1948

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Seattle Chamber of Commerce

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Established in 1882, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce was responsible for establishing railroad terminals in Seattle and developing the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, the Pasco-Kennewick Bridge, and the commerce of the Columbia River Basin. The chamber addressed its goals through committees that focused on areas such as Alaska, city affairs, county affairs, foreign and domestic affairs, logged-off lands and irrigation, mercantile issues, rivers and harbors, state affairs and legislation, and transpo...

Crawford & Conover Inc. (Seattle, Wash.)

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Crawford and Conover, Inc. was a Seattle real estate firm established in 1888 by two reporters from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Samuel L. Crawford and Charles T. Conover. Crawford and Conover engaged in real estate, rentals and property management, fire insurance, mortgage loans, and investments. Conover is credited with coining the nickname "The Evergreen State" as part of the company's national campaign advertising the state of Washington and the city of Seattle. After Crawford's death in ...

Moore, William Hickman, 1861-

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Miller, John Franklin, 1862-1936

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Attorney, Republican Congressman from Seattle, city and county official. John Franklin Miller, born in 1862, served as a member of Congress from Seattle from 1917 to 1931. Born near South Bend, Indiana, he graduated from the law department at Valparaiso and in 1888 moved to Seattle, where he practiced law. Miller was the first prosecuting attorney of King County after statehood, serving from 1890 to 1894. In 1908 he was elected mayor of Seattle, and in 1916, he ran for C...

Rainier Club (Seattle, Wash.)

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Kincaid, Trevor, 1872-1970

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Dean of the University of Washington School of Fisheries, leading entomologist, practical oysterman, and expert on all aspects of the oyster. From the description of Newsclipping and notes, 1930-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122605439 From the guide to the Trevor Kincaid newsclipping and notes, 1930-1942, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Trevor Kincaid (1872-1970) was an invertebrate zoologist known for his work with insects and oysters. He was born in Pete...

Conover, Charles Tallmadge, 1862-1961

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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,...

Underwood, John J. (John Jasper), 1871-

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Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x000390 ...

Merriam, Clinton Hart, 1855-1942

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C. Hart Merriam was a biologist who work for the Smithsonian Institution from 1910-1939. Merriam was born December 5, 1855 in New York City. His childhood was spent in Locust Grove, Lewis County, New York. Merriam’s father introduced him to Prof. Spencer Baird who attached the seventeen year old Merriam to a government expedition, the Hayden Survey. He spent a summer collecting birds and eggs in the Yellowstone region. That year, he attended college, first at the Pingry Military School in Elizab...

Higginson, Ella, 1862-1940

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Author and advocate for women's issues, Higginson was born in Kansas to Charles and Mary Rhodes in 1861. The family moved to Oregon in Higginson's youth, where she married Russell Higginson in 1885. In 1888, the couple moved to Bellingham, Washington, where Higginson's writing career flourished. She was nationally published in journals such as McClure's, Harper's Monthly, and Colliers. Her best known poem, "Four Leaf Clover," propelled her into a weekly column for the Seattle Times entitled: "Cl...

Kinnear, George, 1836-1912

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Seattle pioneer, businessman, state legislator, civic leader. George Kinnear was born in 1836. Kinnear was a member of the state House of Representatives, 1937-1946. He was associated with the Associated Industries of Seattle, 1920; the Building Owners and Managers Association of Seattle, 1920-1923; the Silent Drama Syndicate, 1920-1927; and the Seattle Charter Revision Committee, 1926. He died in 1912. From the guide to the George Kinnear papers, 1889-1900, ...