"Valley of the Sun" Manuscripts, 1932-1933.

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"Valley of the Sun" Manuscripts, 1932-1933.

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One typewritten manuscript entitled "Valley of the Sun" by Waldo Emerson Rosebush. The manuscript is comprised of stories about Spokane Valley history and were published individually in the Spokesman Review in 1932 and 1933. The stories cover irrigation, the development of the valley including individual towns including Millwood and Otis Orchards. Pioneer reminiscences by Seth Woodard and George L. Kimmel are included. The longest manuscript is about Antoine Plante.

1 box (.25 linear ft.)

Spokane Public Library, Downtown Branch

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SNAC Resource ID: 8121988

Spokane Public Library, Downtown Branch

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Plante, Antoine, approximately 1812-1890

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Rosebush, Waldo E. (Waldo Emerson), 1889-1961

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Waldo E. Rosebush came to Spokane in 1919 as assistant manager of the Inland Empire Paper Company. He was general manager from 1921 to 1936. A gun collector and historian, he was the author of several books, including Frontier Steel (EWSHS, 1958), the story of military weapons used in the nineteenth century West. From the guide to the Waldo Emerson Rosebush Papers, 1930-1962, (Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture Joel E. Ferris Research L...