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The Works Projects Administration (WPA) created a project to interview pioneers of Washington State [Federal Project Number 5841]. After conducting these interviews a three volume book set was published titled “Told by the Pioneers: Reminiscences of Pioneer Life in Washington”. The project was directed by Ernest N. Hutchinson and the books were published in 1937 and 1938. The following stories are oral histories of individuals from Franklin County found in these books. | |||||||||||||||
Interview of Sarah Catherine Koontz Surnames in article include Gray, Howard, Koontz, Martin, Ward, Yantis Interview of Edson Savage Surnames in article include Bewley, Chapman, Savage, Whitman Interview of Captain Gray Surnames in article include Gray, Kane, Lockley, Vansyckle, Whitman, Whittingham, Wright Interview of John Harder Surnames in article include Harder Interview of Fred Schuneman No surnames in article Interview of Mary Rosencrance No surnames in article Biographies from "Railroads, Reclamation And the River, A History of Pasco"
"Railroads, Reclamation And the River, A History of Pasco" was written by local historian Walter A. Oberst in 1978. This is the story of Franklin County's history. It was published and is copyrighted by the Franklin County Historical Society. It is with their permission that these biographies are here. See the Full Name Index of this book for more information and ordering instructions. | Otto Olds | Surname in article include Olds William Rowell Surnames in article include Phillippay, Rowell Myrtle Fuller Brown Surnames in article include Anderson, Brown, Fuller, Ruppenthal Dieu-Donne Sylvester Surnames in article include Linton, Nixon, Sylvester, Tidrick W.P. Gray Surnames in article include Gray, Whitman Alvin Parker "A.P." Gray Surnames in article include Bellonte, Costes, Gerry, Glenn, Gray, Nutley, O'Neill James Wong Howe (or Jimmy Wong How) Surnames in article include Babb, DeMille, How, Howe, Smith, Sullivan, West Danville Page Surnames in article include Davis, Gray, Hannigan, Harder, Klundt, Page, Savage, Van Arsdol, Walker Frank W. Schunemann Surname in article include Schunemann James A. Moore Surnames in article include Carstens, Moore, Schunemann August Edward Timmerman Surnames in article include Lux, Miller, Savage, Timmerman Henry Gantenbein, Jr. Surnames in article include Gantenbein, Gray, McBride, Owen, Shull, Sylvester B.B. Horrigan Surnames in article include Crotty, Havstad, Horrigan, How, Leary, Sylvester, Wallgren Fred G. Harris Surnames in article include Bryan, Clark, Coldman, Coleman, Dorsey, Fender, Gordon, Harris, Helm, Leach, Lyda, Marvin, McKinley, Plumb, Radelmiller, Spates, Sylvester, Wallace, Wehmeyer Noburu Fukuda Surnames in article include Fukuda, Linton, McClure, McNaul, Tidrick, Young Ruth Livingston Surnames in article include Booth, Livingston Gladys M. Coleman Surnames in article include Coleman, Penrose, Speed "Duke" Washington Surnames in article include Davidson, Washington Charles F. Stinson Surnames in article include Diemond, Stinson, Varney Valeria Deaver Lamb-Pilgreen Surnames in article include Clemens, Lamb, Pilgreen, Stringham From the Franklin County Historical Society Museum Archives
In the Franklin County Historical Society Museum archives I have found the following accounts. These are stories that are written about the author by the author. They give a fresh unedited perspective of how life appeared while living in early Franklin County. | First Marshall of Pasco N.J. Potter No surname in article Growing Up In Pasco Donald D. Douglass Surnames include Alexander, Brown, Colvin, Dewey, Douglass, Ellison, Enke, Evans, Hatch, Kerr, Kontos, Nelson, Nick Kahlotus Pioneers Recalled Catherine Harder Peot Surnames include Bleih, DeReue, Durham, Ebeson, Finkbeiner, Goodnough, Harder, Hastings, Hendricks, Johnson, Kinch, Martin, McAdam, McAdams, McChesney, McKinney, Moritz, Munn, Nagel, Phillippay, Redd, Ruppenthal, Schlomer, Smith, Timmerman, VanHollebeke, Weston, Winn, Zent Reminiscences of Jessie May Pyles Sheley Williams Surnames include Arbogast, Bailey, Christianshon, Colby, Cooney, Fogg, Gray, Hall, Hancock, Harris, Hutchison, Kittrell, McGee, Minkiewitz, Morgan, Norling, Oliver, Pence, Peterson, Pine, Pyles, Reeves, Reynolds, Sheley, Slagle, Speed, Umbarger, Wexler, Williams Contributions from Researchers
I am thrilled to post any contributed family history story you might have. The following are unsolicited, but here with permission. Thank you. | John Wallace Hays | Surnames in article include Conrad, Davis, Dennison, Dent, Hays, Kennon, Leonard, Schermerhorn Contributed by Mark Hays. Visit Mark's Family TreeMaker website. He has done a great job and has graced his site with many pictures and newspaper articles. Thank you so much for sharing this with us, Mark. Off Site Oral Histories and Biographies Biography of Frederick Kurtzman | at the Washington State Biographies Project Site James Wong Howe A write-up from Movie Maker magazine. From Judi's Genealogy
Judi's Genealogy has many Washington State Biographical Sketches transcribed from books published in 1904 by the Western Historical Publishing Company. Go directly to Judi's site or open the following biographies by clicking on the links below. The following are from "An Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country". | William T. Anderson Fred Baske William E. Blakely George W. Borden John Cooper Robert Gerry Alvin P. Gray Hans Harder Jacob Harder Max Harder George Hendricks Edgar Hoon Banjamin D. Leonard John C. Lewis John B. Love Owen McAdam John R. McClurken Jesse O. McKinney Cornelius S. O'Brien Danville W. Page Noah H. Ring Gibson Savage Frank Schunemann Wheelock B. Smith William W. Spates M.M. Taylor Otto Ulrich Josiah E. VanGordon For more information on the Works Projects and American Life History Manuscripts that came from Federal Project Number 5841 visit this link from the Library of Congress. | or For more information on "Railroads, Reclamation And the River, A History of Pasco" visit the full name index and story about this wonderful book. or Return to Franklin County Home Page |