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Told by the Pioneers I hayc a solid g'old ring given to me by Portugese Joe, which I have worn for about thirty years. Portugese Joe was leaving for California and said to me, "Bill, I want to make you a present, so go and pick yourself out a big watch, and if you don't want a watch, get a big ring'. The bigger it is, the better it will suit me." I have never seen Joe since. I was born in Linn County, Io"wa, in 1861. I am a natin'-born citizen of Irish and English descent. I was married in 1892 at 'Wilbur, ,\Tashington, and have six children, but no grandchildren. I have voted in Washington for fifty-five years. The first few settlers here lived in log cabins, when the small logs could be obtained. Otherwise, they used rough lumber which they had to haul from a long' distance before the saw mill was built, or the ,Vashington Central Railroad was built from Spokane. One of the best entertainments in earlv davs was the Indian race at • • ,Yilbur. The Indians and whites would come from miles around and bet large sums of money on these races. I recall an amusing incident which happened in the 80's at one of these races. Chief :Moses was demonstrating how to start the races by firing his pistol into the air. A few drunken Indians nearby thought a fight was started with the whites and began to shoot off their guns. Chief :Moses \\'as so provoked with them that he tied short ropes to their \vrists, laid them on their backs, staked their wrists to the ground until they were sobered up. I cannot talk Chinook, but I understand the lingo. The Indians had their camp grounds at the present site of Wilbur. "Wild Goose" Bill built the first building on the present site of ,rilbur, which was his homestead. He used the building for his home and small store which he ran. This building, built of logs, has been moycd to the City Park as a memorial of bygone days. MRS. .JOlIN ROBERTSON Lincoln County I came to Washington Territory from Andrew County, Missouri, in 1887. The trip was made in an immigrant train with my husband and two children. Our destination was Tacoma, where I had a sister. ,Ve came west because of my failing health, as I suffered with tuberculosis, and welcomed my sister's suggestion that the dry elimate of Eastern Washington might be beneficial. After a short stav in • 205
Told by the Pioneers Tacoma, we came to Sprague, where my husband secured work at his trade as a blacksmith in the Northern Pacific car shops. After working about three months, he quit his job, bought a team, harness and a buckboard and drove to the present site of 'Wilbur, where M1'. Robertson bought a small blacksmith shop. There were only two board shacks, "Wild Goose" Bill Condon's two story log house and the blacksmith shop on the site at that time. Dr. B. H. Yount, a physician, occupied one of the cabins with his family and carried on a country wide practice for many miles around, and "Wild Goose" Bill occupied his house only during the haying season with a large stock of liquor and a small stock of groceries. On their arrival in front of Bill's cabin after a two day's trip from Sprague, I refused to leaH' the buckboard to go into his place and sat there until Dr. Yount came out, introduced himself and invited me in his cabin. We remained with the Younts three days until Mr. Robertson completed a cabin. It was without a floor or windows. The first rain leaked through the roof and we were obliged to raise our umbrellas inside our cabin ill order to keep dry. My husband's business thrived and customers came from a great distance in all directions to have their horses shod. He bought machinery and a large stock of hardwood and added a wagon shop in conjunction with his blacksmith shop. In 1888 he bought a quarter section of lieu land, three miles south of Wilbur. In 1901 his wagon shop, $4,000 worth of hardwood, which he had just received, and all his machinery, was destroyed by fire. His insurance had expired two days before and it was a total loss. M1'. Robertson continued blacksmithing until 1907 when he sold out and was elected town marshal, which office he held until his death in 1919. He disposed of his land and sold a business lot on the main street of 'Wilbur to the ,Voodmen of the World for $3,050. I was one of the organizers of the Methodist Church, South, which was the first church built in Wilbur. I was superintendent of this institution for a number of veal's. • I was born in Andray County, Missouri, in 1852, of American born parents. I was married in 1878. I have two children and three grandchildren. They are: Mrs. Bessie Dalton, Wilbur, widow with one child; Mrs. Myrtle Peffley, Davenport, Washington, married, and the mother of two children. I have voted in Washington about twenty-five years. When I came to the Big Bend country there were very few settlers in this district. The houses were rough board shacks and a few log 206
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Page 221 and 222: INDEX Benton, 149 Benton, Maine, 16
Page 223 and 224: INDEX Cold Spring Canyon, 13 Colfax
Page 225 and 226: INDEX Engle, A. W., Mrs., 51 Engle,
Page 227 and 228: INDEX Hays, Logan, 82 Hearn, Lamber
Page 229 and 230: INDEX Ketchikan, Alaska, 127 Kimbal
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Page 235 and 236: INDEX Second National Bank, Colfax,
Page 237 and 238: INDEX Touchet Valley, 134, 135, 150
Page 239: INDEX Yakima River, 15 Yakima Valle
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