Told by the Pioneers - Washington Secretary of State
Told by the Pioneers - Washington Secretary of State
Told by the Pioneers - Washington Secretary of State
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<strong>Told</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pir-rleers<br />
her <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> thrifty bachelor. After introductions <strong>by</strong> mutual friends,<br />
we agreed on matrimony and were married in 1888. She bounced her<br />
three youngsters in my lap, giving me, as time went on, four sons <strong>of</strong><br />
my own.<br />
Loves <strong>the</strong> Tllest<br />
Samantha Trout thought a lot about <strong>the</strong> west, and wondered how<br />
people could live. She learned <strong>the</strong>y lived <strong>by</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir own efforts on <strong>the</strong><br />
food <strong>the</strong>y raised and <strong>by</strong> <strong>the</strong> things <strong>the</strong>y fashioned with <strong>the</strong>ir own<br />
hands. She got along with what <strong>the</strong>re was in our cabin. A box nailed<br />
to a log was a cupboard. A bunk was a bed. She cooked in a fire<br />
place. She was not lonesome. Her three children were both care and<br />
company. The furniture made <strong>of</strong> split pine sufficed. As time passed<br />
<strong>the</strong> homestead took on <strong>the</strong> air <strong>of</strong> an estate. Seasons and crops and<br />
babies filled all her time and mind .<br />
Surrotmded <strong>by</strong> Family<br />
My four boys have grown and married. vVith twe1\'e grandchildren<br />
I have my family about me. It will be a long time before <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong><br />
Brender will die out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> canvon. My sons li"e in houses <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
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own on <strong>the</strong> original homestead.<br />
SAM J. SARGEST<br />
Asotin County •<br />
Sam .T. Sargent came to \Vashington Territory from Siskiyou<br />
County, California, in 1873. He came in a covered wagon with his<br />
parents, three sisters and three bro<strong>the</strong>rs, to vValla Walla County,<br />
where his fa<strong>the</strong>r bought 160 acres <strong>of</strong> land on Dry Creek. After living<br />
<strong>the</strong>re two years, he bought a homestead right, thirteen miles east <strong>of</strong><br />
Dayton, which land he proved up on and farmed until he sold out in<br />
1881.<br />
During <strong>the</strong> time he was living on his homestead he bought 480 acres<br />
<strong>of</strong> land in <strong>the</strong> Cloverland country, twelve miles sou<strong>the</strong>ast <strong>of</strong> Asotin<br />
(which location at that time was in Garfield County), and started<br />
raising cattle and horses. He sold this ranch in 1892 and bought 160<br />
acres <strong>of</strong> land in <strong>the</strong> Anatone country. He lived <strong>the</strong>re until 1895 when<br />
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he bought a eattle ranch on <strong>the</strong> Grande Ronde River near 'Wenatchee<br />
Creek, which ranch he operated until he retired in 1907.<br />
Mr. Sargent, Sr., died in 1913 at 80 years.<br />
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His wife died at <strong>the</strong> age