Washington State Library's collection of C. L. Robinson's records, correspondence and manuscript titled Fort Vancouver Centennial Half Dollar, 1970-1974.
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Robinson, C. Lamar
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The first attempt for a railroad in the Pacific Northwest was the Rawhide Railroad built by Doctor Baker about 1871. It was a rail line from Walla Walla to the mouth of the Walla Walla River on the Columbia River. He built it for the purpose of getting his produce to market. It was called the Rawhide Railroad because the ties were built out of timbers with no steel tracks. Because the steel wheels were destroying the wooden tracks, Baker covered them with rawhide. It was very effect...
Fort Vancouver Centennial Corporation
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Washington State Library
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Maud P. Mitchell was born about 1883 in Oregon. She married Chas. R. Mitchell and by 1920 they were living in Chehalis, WA. Charles was an assistant cashier at the bank. Charles had become a banker by 1930. Between 1957 & 1958 Charles passed away. And Maud passed away on 29 May 1960 in Chehalis, WA. From the description of Washington State Library's collection of Maud Mitchell's history of Chehalis and Lewis counties, 1845-1858. (Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of S...
Hudson's Bay Company
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The Hudson's Bay Company began in 1670, and by the 1820s it had expanded to the Pacific Northwest. John McLoughlin served as the head of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia district. In this position, which McLoughlin held for twenty-one years, he oversaw the company's operations throughout the entire Pacific Northwest. Researching the role Dr. McLoughlin played in the history of the Hudson's Bay Company were Robert C. Clark and Burt B. Barker. Both were historians at the University of Oregon wh...
