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    • Snoqualmie Hop Ranch

    • Farms--Washington--Snoqualmie; Waterfalls--Washington--Snoqualmie; Cities & towns--Washington--Snoqualmie; Rivers--Washington--Snoqualmie
    • A birds-eye view of a hop ranch. Inset is a view of Snoqualmie Falls at a height of 268 ft. The Snoqualmie Hop Ranch, at 420 acres, claimed to be the largest hop ranch in the world at the time of this drawing. Due to high prices for hops worldwide,...
    • J. F. Seeber's Residence & Farm, Walla Walla, W. T.

    • Dwellings--Washington--Walla Walla; Cities & towns--Washington--Walla Walla; Farms--Washington--Walla Walla; Farmhouses--Washington--Walla Walla; Seeber, John F.; Farmers--Washington--Walla Walla
    • Drawing of John F. Seeber's house on the top half and his farm land on the bottom. Seeber was born in Fort Plain, New York in 1837. He moved west in 1858 and became a trapper, hunter and mountaineer for several years. In 1862 he moved to Walla...
    • Arcade Building, Property of W. P. Boyd & Co. Seattle, W.T.

    • Buildings--Washington--Seattle; Business Enterprises--Washington--Seattle; Boyd, William P.; Businessmen, American--Washington--Seattle
    • Drawing of the Arcade Building built by the W. P. Boyd Co. to house their business. William P. Boyd was born in Ireland, 1849. At the age of 15 he served as apprentice in a dry-goods store in Belfast, later moving to San Francisco. Upon arriving in...
    • The Arlington House, Seattle, W.T.

    • Hotels--Washington--Seattle; Morse, Olney N.; Buildings--Washington--Seattle
    • Drawing of the Arlington Hotel with inset portrait of O. N. Morse. Olney N. Morse was born in New York in 1826. He lived much of his life in the area of Sacramento, California, operating stage lines, ranching and keeping hotels. He arrived in...
    • Blackman Bro's Mill, Snohomish, W.T.

    • Lumber Industry--Washington--Snohomish; Blackman, Elhanan; Blackman, Hyrcanus; Blackman, Alanson; Businessmen, American--Washington--Snohomish; Mills--Washington--Snohomish; Rivers--Washington--Snohomish
    • Drawing of the Blackman Brothers Mill and the river it was built on. Elhanan, Hyrcanus and Alanson Blackman were an esteemed family from Maine who worked primarily in the lumber industry. The Blackman brothers moved to Snohomish in 1875, where they...
    • Brewery & Residence of Mrs. J.H. Stahl, Walla Walla, W.T.

    • Brewing industry--Washington--Walla Walla; Buildings--Washington--Walla Walla; Stahl, Mrs. John H.; Dwellings--Washington--Walla Walla; Business enterprises--Washington--Walla Walla
    • Drawing of the City Brewery owned by Mrs. J. H. Stahl and her home, which was built next to the brewery. Born in Germany, Mrs. Stahl lived in San Francisco, where she met and married John Stahl. They moved to the Walla Walla area in 1870. After the...
    • J.A. Cochran's Farm Residence Near Pullman, W.T.

    • Cochran, J.A.; Farmhouses--Washington--Pullman; Farms--Washington--Pullman; Farmers--Washington--Pullman
    • Drawing of the farmhouse and surrounding lands of the J. A. Cochran Farm outside Pullman, with an inset portrait of Cochran. Pullman was originally known as Three Forks because two other creeks joined together with the Palouse River at this point....
    • Residence of Eugene Reith, Esq., Pendleton, OR

    • Dwellings--Oregon--Pendleton; Rieth, Eugene; Cities & towns--Oregon--Pendleton
    • Drawing of the home of Eugene Rieth in Pendleton, Oregon. Pendleton is located at the foot of the Blue Mountains between Birch and Wildhorse Creek. It was situated along the Oregon Trail, which fed a constant stream of settlers into the area,...
    • Residence of Hon. H. L. Yesler, Seattle, W.T.

    • Dwellings--Washington--Seattle; Businessmen, American--Washington--Seattle; Yesler, Henry L.; Politicians--Washington--Seattle
    • Drawing of the home of Henry L. Yesler, considered, to be one of the three founders of Seattle (along with Denny and Maynard). Born in Maryland, Mr. Yesler moved to the Seattle area in 1851. He built a small steam sawmill, Seattle's first...
    • Residence of J. N. Gilbranson, Spokane Falls, W. T.

    • Dwellings--Washington--Spokane; Gilbranson, J.N.; Businessmen, American--Washington--Spokane
    • Drawing of the home of J. N. Gilbranson of Spokane Falls. Born at Christiana, Norway, in 1834, Mr. Gilbranson came to the USA in 1854. He worked as a contractor and builder, eventually opening a sash and door business in Minneapolis under the name...
    • Residence of John Nash, Ellensburgh, W.T.

    • Dwellings--Washington--Ellensburg; Nash, John; Cities & towns--Washington--Ellensburg
    • Drawing of the home of John Nash in Ellensburg, with a horse and carriage passing by in the street. Ellensburg experienced tremendous growth in the late 1870s and early 1880s, so much so that during 1888 and 1889, it was under serious consideration...
    • Residence of J.M. Newman, near Ellensburgh, W. T.

    • Dwellings--Washington--Ellensburg; Newman, John Miles; Politicians--Washington--Ellensburg
    • Drawing of the Newman home including street, horses and wagon. John Miles Newman was born in Missouri in 1851. He moved to the Kittitas valley in 1878, and established a 190-acre orchard seven miles outside of Ellensburg. He was one of the founders...
    • Odd-Fellows Hall

    • Buildings--Washington--Seattle
    • Drawing of the Odd-Fellows Hall in Olympia. Clubs and fraternal organizations were popular in the 1880s and were instrumental in bonding newly developed communities. The Odd-Fellows organization was established in the Washington Territory by some...
    • McCurdy Block, Port Townsend, W. T.

    • Buildings--Washington--Port Townsend; Commercial facilities--Washington--Port Townsend; McCurdy, Samuel M.
    • Drawing of the office buildings that made up the McCurdy Block in Port Townsend. These buildings were built on the site of the first house of Samuel M. McCurdy, a respected physician. Mr. McCurdy moved to Washington in 1854. He served as a surgeon...
    • Views in Ellensburgh, W.T.

    • Buildings--Washington--Ellensburg; Hotels--Washington--Ellensburg; Cities & towns--Washington--Ellensburg; Commercial facilities--Washington--Ellensburg; Business enterprises--Washington--Ellensburg; Shoudy, John Alden; Cadwell, Edward P.;...
    • This drawing includes two images: "The Ashler House. Property of E. P. Cadwell" and "The Shoudy-Cadwell Block". John Alden Shoudy, one of the founders of Ellensburg, arrived in Kittitas in 1871. Much of the town was laid out on land claimed by...

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