Stevens County, W.T., ca. 1905.

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Stevens County, W.T., ca. 1905.

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Typescript memoir, heavily annotated in manuscript by a pioneer of Stevens County, Washington Territory. Winans discusses the history of Stevens County, mentioning the Hudson's Bay Company, Governor Isaac I. Stevens, the Mullan wagon road, Yakima Indians, and gold rushes (including Fraser River in British Columbia).

1 v. (64 p.) ; 29 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8020683

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Hudson's Bay Company

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Winans, W. P. (William Parkhurst), 1836-1917

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