Thomas Van Buren Embree letter to George Himes [manuscript], 1907 Jan. 5.

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Thomas Van Buren Embree letter to George Himes [manuscript], 1907 Jan. 5.

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Letter recalls early development of Polk County, 1846-1850, describing the first settlers, first grist mill, first distillery, first executions, etc.

.01 cubic feet (8pp. in 1 folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Himes, George H., 1844-1940

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George H. Himes was the curator of the Oregon Historical Society. From the description of History of immigration to Oregon, undated. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 64446580 Historian, curator, and printer George Henry Himes was born on May 18, 1844 in Troy, Pennsylvania, and he came overland to the Oregon Territory with his family in 1853. They settled near Olympia, Washington, where Himes's father Tyrus took up farming. George...

Embree, Thomas Van Buren.

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