John F. Noble papers, 1849-1950 (bulk 1849-1900)

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John F. Noble papers, 1849-1950 (bulk 1849-1900)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31611449

The collection contains: Noble's incomplete overland diary of 1849, describing his journey from Harrisburg, Pa., to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as a civilian traveling with the U.S. Mounted Rifle Regiment; diary, 1860, of a hunting trip from The Dalles, Oregon, along the Deschutes River; diary, 1864-1865, of a trip through Indian country, describing John M. Drake's expedition; survey notes, 1852, on the The Dalles; quartermaster accounts, Fort Vancouver, Washington, 1853; election returns and other documents, 1855, of Walla Walla County, Washington Territory; Chinook vocabularies; papers, 1858-1861, of Noble and Scholl relating to a stock raising enterprise near The Dalles; military papers, 1863-1866, of the First Oregon Cavalry Volunteers; and papers, 1898-1950, relating to the Indian depredation claim case of Brooke, Bomford & Company (a stock-raising firm near Walla Walla, Wash.) vs. the United States.

.45 cubic feet (1 document case)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7320918

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Noble & Scholl (firm)

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Brooke, Bomford & Company.

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Scholl, Louis, 1829-1911.

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Scholl worked for the Army in the Pacific Northwest in various capacities from 1856 to 1861, including that of supervising architect of Fort Dalles. From the description of Plan of Fort Dalles, O.T. [Oregon Territory]. [ca. 1857] (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 36306002 Louis Scholl, a native of Germany, was the architect for Fort Dalles, Fort Walla Walla, Fort Simcoe, and Fort Colville. He explored for new immigrant roads from the Salt Lake...

Drake, John M (John Miller), 1830-1913

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Member of the Oregon Cavalry during the Civil War; campaigned against the Snake Indians of Eastern Oregon; commanded Fort Boise, Idaho, in 1865; later employed by the Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. in Portland, Oregon; from 1894 until his death in 1913 a resident of San Jose, California. From the description of Papers, 1864-1906. (Idaho State Historical Society Library & Archives). WorldCat record id: 42927789 John Miller Drake was born December 31, 1830 in Stroudsbur...

Noble, John F., 1828-ca. 1899.

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Noble's occupations included Indian agent, stock rancher, and Army officer, in Oregon and Washington. From the description of John F. Noble papers, 1849-1950 (bulk 1849-1900) (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 31611449 John F. Noble was an Indian agent, stock rancher, and U.S. Army officer who lived in Oregon and Washington State. He came overland in 1849 from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as a civilian traveling with the U.S. Mounted Rifle Regimen...