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Monday, December 26, 2011
Grays Harbor Timeline
1792 Robert Gray, Captain of the British ship, Columbia, discovers the harbor
Lieutenant Joseph Whidbey of Captain George Vancouver’s expedition, explores
and names Grays Harbor.
1824 Hudsons Bay Company explorers visit the future sites of Aberdeen and Hoquiam.
1825 Botanist David Douglas explores the area.
1841 The Wilkes Expedition tours Grays Harbor.
1840s Fraser River Gold Rush.
1846 The first white pioneers settle in the Grays Harbor area.
1853 Washington Territory is established.
1854 Establishment of Chehalis County (later, in 1915 of Grays Harbor County).
1857 Hoquiam’s first Euro-American settler arrives.
1860 Lower Hoquiam settled.
1867 First Hoquiam post office established.
1877 Hume Bros. establish a major cannery on the Wishkah River.
1879 Steam schooner, Kate and Ann, arrives to open trade between Hoquiam, Portland and other areas.
1880s Scouts from Asa Mead Simpson arrive
Shipbuilding initiated on Grays Harbor.
George Emerson establishes the Northwestern Lumber Mill
at the mouth of the Hoquiam River under direction of Asa Mead.
Other mills, E.K. Wood, and Hoquiam Mills and Hoquiam Shingle Company established.
1887 First local ship is launched, the Volunteer, built at the Northwestern Mill.
1889 Northern Pacific Railroad terminus brought to Grays Harbor.
1890 Tacoma, Olympia, and Grays Harbor Railroad extended from Tacoma to Montesano.
City of Aberdeen incorporates.
A plank road is built between Aberdeen and Hoquiam.
Hoquiam completes planking of 8th, I, J and K Streets
1890 Lindstron establishes shipyard in W. Aberdeen, contracts with Wilson Bros. Mill.
1895 Northern Pacific Railroad extended to Aberdeen.
1897-98 Matthews and Hitchings establish a shipyard near the E.K Wood Mill.
1899 Grays Harbor shingle mill workers strike.
1898 The Northern Pacific Railroad arrives in Hoquiam.
1910 Early union organizing of Grays Harbor shingle mill workers.
1912 Free speech rights won by IWW In Aberdeen labor clash.
1920 First bridge over Chehalis River constructed.
1922 Last builder of wooden ships, Ivan Chilman, ends Hoquiam ship repair business.
1927 E.M. Mills establishes Grays Harbor Pulp Mill in Hoquiam
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Schaupp Family
Frederick Alios Schaupp Brother
Francis Xavier Schaupp aka
Frank J. Schaupp Head of House
1910 Tacoma census retail merchant-groceries(working on own account)
immigration 1884
Mary (Magdalena) "Lena" Magdaline Leibenger wife
b. b.2/15/1870 Mulheim Germany d.2/4/1942 Port Orchard, Wa.
aka Mary M Schaupp
immigration 1888
Children:
1.Helen M. Schaupp d. 3 Jul 1955 Tacoma
2.Elsie E Schaupp m. William A Scully 6-28-1916 County: Pierce
3.Maria Schaupp m. Erhart Ramsperger
4.Anna A. or G. Schaupp m.Edmund F Drinkwine 5-29-1929 Pierce
5.Franz Schaupp
Francis Xavier Schaupp aka
Frank J. Schaupp Head of House
1910 Tacoma census retail merchant-groceries(working on own account)
immigration 1884
Mary (Magdalena) "Lena" Magdaline Leibenger wife
b. b.2/15/1870 Mulheim Germany d.2/4/1942 Port Orchard, Wa.
aka Mary M Schaupp
immigration 1888
Children:
1.Helen M. Schaupp d. 3 Jul 1955 Tacoma
2.Elsie E Schaupp m. William A Scully 6-28-1916 County: Pierce
3.Maria Schaupp m. Erhart Ramsperger
4.Anna A. or G. Schaupp m.Edmund F Drinkwine 5-29-1929 Pierce
5.Franz Schaupp
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Elsie M. Dickey and Anna M. Dickey
Dickey Elsie M. b. Aug 1872 Maine d. Aug 1 1960 Puyallup, Pierce, Washington
married Fred H Colby m.15 Jan 1902
Fred Henry Colby was born on Jul 11, 1865 Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
1880 Census Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
1900 Census Steilacoom, Pierce County, Washington.
1920 Census Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington.
1930 Census Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington.
1890 Anna @ 1311 1/2 Tacoma Ave.
1891 Anna @ same as a nurse
1895 - 1897
701 South J
Tacoma Wa.
1901
1346 South E
Tacoma
1902 Miss Anna M Dickey Matron @ WWH for Insane in 1902
1903 Anna is nurse @ Monod Hospital
2815 1st Ave. Seattle
1906 Anna is Head Nurse @ Pacific Hospital in Seattle
1907-8 Anna is Head Mngr @ Pacific Hospital in Seattle
2619 1/2 1st Ave. Seattle
1910 Anna now becomes Supt @ Pacific
1911-12 "Dickey and Ludington"
2619 address
Ruby Ludington and Dickey are mgrs Pacific Hospital and Training School
2600 1st Ave
1913 Anna becomes sec-treas-mngr @ Pacific
1919 Anna is a Supt @ Lakeside Hospital
3515 Woodland Pk av. Seattle
1920 Anna is a boarder Lakside Hospital
1930 Anna moves in with her sister and brother-in-law Fred Colby, in Puyallup.
Anna never married.
* Both Elsie and Anna had worked at Western State in the early 1900's,
one of the Killea's from Queets had been admitted there.
married Fred H Colby m.15 Jan 1902
Fred Henry Colby was born on Jul 11, 1865 Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
1880 Census Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
1900 Census Steilacoom, Pierce County, Washington.
1920 Census Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington.
1930 Census Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington.
1890 Anna @ 1311 1/2 Tacoma Ave.
1891 Anna @ same as a nurse
1895 - 1897
701 South J
Tacoma Wa.
1901
1346 South E
Tacoma
1902 Miss Anna M Dickey Matron @ WWH for Insane in 1902
1903 Anna is nurse @ Monod Hospital
2815 1st Ave. Seattle
1906 Anna is Head Nurse @ Pacific Hospital in Seattle
1907-8 Anna is Head Mngr @ Pacific Hospital in Seattle
2619 1/2 1st Ave. Seattle
1910 Anna now becomes Supt @ Pacific
1911-12 "Dickey and Ludington"
2619 address
Ruby Ludington and Dickey are mgrs Pacific Hospital and Training School
2600 1st Ave
1913 Anna becomes sec-treas-mngr @ Pacific
1919 Anna is a Supt @ Lakeside Hospital
3515 Woodland Pk av. Seattle
1920 Anna is a boarder Lakside Hospital
1930 Anna moves in with her sister and brother-in-law Fred Colby, in Puyallup.
Anna never married.
* Both Elsie and Anna had worked at Western State in the early 1900's,
one of the Killea's from Queets had been admitted there.
Otis Frank Crippens Family info
Notice the Peter Brandenberry and Frank Crippens families
as neighbors in Maple Precinct in 1910
Otis's Mother
CRIPPEN, Hester (d. Nov 2, 1925)
After a long illness Mrs. Hester Crippen, aged 72 years, passed away at her home here on Monday morning, Nov. 2. Besides her husband, Frank Crippen, she leaves to mourn her passing from the family circle one daughter, Mrs. Peter Brandenberry of Forks, and two sons, Ira and Otis Crippen, of Burlington; also several grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. George Hueston of Nooksack. The remains were taken to the Gillies Funeral Home at Sumas, where the funeral occurred on Wednesday afternoon and interment took place in the Sumas cemetery. In her early womanhood Mrs. Crippen was a teacher, and all through her life until failing health prevented she took an active part in church and Sunday school affairs and never lost interest in the Women's Christian Temperance Union, in which she was an ardent worker for many years. A long resident in Maple Falls endeared her to a host of friends who will miss her and much sympathy is extended to the bereaved family in their sorrow.
(From The Deming Prospector, November 6, 1925)
(From The Deming Prospector, November 6, 1925)
Crippen Otis Frank - d.7/15/1960 Port Angeles, Clallam, Washington
Grandfather Lafayette Creppen
Grandmother Eliza Beebe
Father Frank(lin) Crippen d. Feb 18 1927 Burlington, Skagit, Washington
Mother Hester J. Chambers
Brother Ira Vincent Crippen d.4 May 1944 Upper Hoe River, Jefferson, Washington
Grandfather Lafayette Creppen
Grandmother Eliza Beebe
Father Frank(lin) Crippen d. Feb 18 1927 Burlington, Skagit, Washington
Mother Hester J. Chambers
Brother Ira Vincent Crippen d.4 May 1944 Upper Hoe River, Jefferson, Washington
Ira's wife Annie Hodge b.8/02/1894 - d.02/00/1987 Forks, Washington
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The Queets Settlers Claims Map Author J.B. Hogg 1898
Andrews C.J. 29
Ballard J. 18
Cooper J.A. 18
Dickey Elsie M.18
Donaldson James 29
Evergreen Post Office 20 far right
Fitch 30
Glover Seth 28 North
Hall Jas. 28 South
Hibbard 28
Hurst (Seth?)19
Hurst Robert "Bob" W. 18
Knack Fred 27
Matheny Adam 23 far right
McKinnons 27
Nellis 20
Schaupp Fred 29
Olympic Peninsula Settlers Roll Call
Ainsworth Hugh
Althen Fred
Andrews C.J. - Charles J. Andrews b. 9/1846 d.Mar 8,1916 Hoquiam,GraysHarbor,Wa.
Atwood F.
Ayers S.A.
Bailey B.M.
Baldwin (male)
Baker F.R.
Barnhart Charles/Chas.
Bassett (male) and 3 sons
Belch Edward
Benner (male)
Borgeis Enoch
Boss F.W. (male)
Brandeberry Peter Conrad b.23 Jul 1880 - Cutler, Ohio
Brase Fred
Brown James b.Feb 1830 Tennessee
Burk D.C.
Burnett C.S.
Burroughs (male)
Byar Chas.
Campbell E.
Carlson Gus
Carr L.S.
Chickerman Henry b.1885~ Queets - d.14 Nov 1893 Granville, Grays Harbor, Wa.
Cleveland George
Clover C.
Conkling (male)
Cooper John
Conner W.B.
Crabb Chas.
Craft Tomas
Crippen Otis Frank - d.7/15/1960 Port Angeles, Clallam, Wa.
Cushman W.A.
Cider Charley
Davis Seth
Dicerson(male)
Dickerson J.H.
Dickey Elsie M.
Donaldson James
Farrill Henry
Fisher Carl E
Fisher Fred
Fisher Peter
Fitch Walter
--
Fletcher, Fred Allen
Birth: 13 Feb 1885 - Pierce City, Lawrence, Missouri, USA
Marriage: 5 Aug 1918 - Hoh, Jefferson, Washington, USA
Death: 12 May 1968 - Hoh, Jefferson, Washington, USA
Spouse: Lena A Huelsdonk Fletcher
b. 8 Jul 1892 in Spruce, Jefferson, Washington, USA
--
Fleming G.L.
Garnder F.H.
Gowan William
Grant Ed W.
Grant J.N
Hall Jas.
Hank J.F.
Hansen or Hanson John (the mail carrier)
Hermanns H.
Highbee Fred
Hile Lillie
Hohman Bill
Hollenbeck John, b.1863? /Mason?
Holmes Geo.and wife
Hopkins Richard "Dick"
Hurst Bob
Hurst Seth
Irwin James
Jones Minnie
Kanode John b.1844~ d.25 Oct 1917 Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Kerr Bill
Kerr Dave
Kestner Otto
Kittredge Harry I
Knack Fred
Kopperhat Capt.
Krautcremer Johnnie
Lawler Chas./Charles
Leterson Geo.
Lote (male)
Lundgren Ingeborg
Lyman D.H.
Lyman H.B. and wife
Mannington Geo.
Maskell Wm.
Markell (male)
Martin G.A.
Martin George
Martin Leonard
Matheny Adam
Mathews Philip
Mayhew H.K.
McDonald George
McGarry J.J.
McGuire Eugene
McGuire G.
McIntyre Chas.
McKinnon Neil A.,
McKinnon Carrie R. was the first postmaster of the village of Queets,1892.
McMartin E.
McRoberts W.G.
Mead Fred
Melbourne Ovid Horace Ovid Milbourn b.5/14/1886 Elma, Wa. d.7/24/1954 Harbor,Or.
Moritz Bill
Nellis N. or A.N.
Newman Edward G. hoh Queets 1900
Newman Anna wife
Newman Ethel M daughter
Newman Ruth W daughter
Newman Guy Edward son b.4/8/1900 d. 9/25/1976 Tacoma
Niver S.A.
Olson John and wife (daughter Esther)
Orear Newton
Osborn Jacob
Osby Marie
Peters Jake
Peterson Mary
Phelan G.
Phelan Phillip
Prentice William
Prentice Emily
Prentice Harry
Prentice Alberta
Ramsey George
Rathbun W.H.
Robinson J.J.
Robinson Queetsy
Rock Clara d. 2 Aug 1895 Queets , single
Schaupp F.
Schleneker Bill
Schmidt T.R.H.
Sharp Brice
Smith "Bill"
Smith J.
Snell,Billy
Snow L.S.
Snyder (male)
Sorenson
Starling Frank
Stewart R.H.
St l BillyLouis O.
Stochek H.
Strugle A.
Thomas J.L. (male)
Thornton S. (male)
Thorp Libbie
Tiessen Fred
Tisdale J.G.
Tisdale J.E.
Turner T.D.
Vanslyke B.
Waller child b.Queets - d.10 Apr 1896
Watz Mrs. (Clearwater)
Westdall
Westfall G.W.
White F.
Willoughby Pete
Whitaker Judge
Wynn Jack
Althen Fred
Andrews C.J. - Charles J. Andrews b. 9/1846 d.Mar 8,1916 Hoquiam,GraysHarbor,Wa.
Atwood F.
Ayers S.A.
Bailey B.M.
Baldwin (male)
Baker F.R.
Barnhart Charles/Chas.
Bassett (male) and 3 sons
Belch Edward
Benner (male)
Borgeis Enoch
Boss F.W. (male)
Brandeberry Peter Conrad b.23 Jul 1880 - Cutler, Ohio
Brase Fred
Brown James b.Feb 1830 Tennessee
Burk D.C.
Burnett C.S.
Burroughs (male)
Byar Chas.
Campbell E.
Carlson Gus
Carr L.S.
Chickerman Henry b.1885~ Queets - d.14 Nov 1893 Granville, Grays Harbor, Wa.
Cleveland George
Clover C.
Conkling (male)
Cooper John
Conner W.B.
Crabb Chas.
Craft Tomas
Crippen Otis Frank - d.7/15/1960 Port Angeles, Clallam, Wa.
Cushman W.A.
Cider Charley
Davis Seth
Dicerson(male)
Dickerson J.H.
Dickey Elsie M.
Donaldson James
Farrill Henry
Fisher Carl E
Fisher Fred
Fisher Peter
Fitch Walter
--
Fletcher, Fred Allen
Birth: 13 Feb 1885 - Pierce City, Lawrence, Missouri, USA
Marriage: 5 Aug 1918 - Hoh, Jefferson, Washington, USA
Death: 12 May 1968 - Hoh, Jefferson, Washington, USA
Spouse: Lena A Huelsdonk Fletcher
b. 8 Jul 1892 in Spruce, Jefferson, Washington, USA
--
Fleming G.L.
Garnder F.H.
Gowan William
Grant Ed W.
Grant J.N
Hall Jas.
Hank J.F.
Hansen or Hanson John (the mail carrier)
Hermanns H.
Highbee Fred
Hile Lillie
Hohman Bill
Hollenbeck John, b.1863? /Mason?
Holmes Geo.and wife
Hopkins Richard "Dick"
Hurst Bob
Hurst Seth
Irwin James
Jones Minnie
Kanode John b.1844~ d.25 Oct 1917 Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Kerr Bill
Kerr Dave
Kestner Otto
Kittredge Harry I
Knack Fred
Kopperhat Capt.
Krautcremer Johnnie
Lawler Chas./Charles
Leterson Geo.
Lote (male)
Lundgren Ingeborg
Lyman D.H.
Lyman H.B. and wife
Mannington Geo.
Maskell Wm.
Markell (male)
Martin G.A.
Martin George
Martin Leonard
Matheny Adam
Mathews Philip
Mayhew H.K.
McDonald George
McGarry J.J.
McGuire Eugene
McGuire G.
McIntyre Chas.
McKinnon Neil A.,
McKinnon Carrie R. was the first postmaster of the village of Queets,1892.
McMartin E.
McRoberts W.G.
Mead Fred
Melbourne Ovid Horace Ovid Milbourn b.5/14/1886 Elma, Wa. d.7/24/1954 Harbor,Or.
Moritz Bill
Nellis N. or A.N.
Newman Edward G. hoh Queets 1900
Newman Anna wife
Newman Ethel M daughter
Newman Ruth W daughter
Newman Guy Edward son b.4/8/1900 d. 9/25/1976 Tacoma
Niver S.A.
Olson John and wife (daughter Esther)
Orear Newton
Osborn Jacob
Osby Marie
Peters Jake
Peterson Mary
Phelan G.
Phelan Phillip
Prentice William
Prentice Emily
Prentice Harry
Prentice Alberta
Ramsey George
Rathbun W.H.
Robinson J.J.
Robinson Queetsy
Rock Clara d. 2 Aug 1895 Queets , single
Schaupp F.
Schleneker Bill
Schmidt T.R.H.
Sharp Brice
Smith "Bill"
Smith J.
Snell,Billy
Snow L.S.
Snyder (male)
Sorenson
Starling Frank
Stewart R.H.
St l BillyLouis O.
Stochek H.
Strugle A.
Thomas J.L. (male)
Thornton S. (male)
Thorp Libbie
Tiessen Fred
Tisdale J.G.
Tisdale J.E.
Turner T.D.
Vanslyke B.
Waller child b.Queets - d.10 Apr 1896
Watz Mrs. (Clearwater)
Westdall
Westfall G.W.
White F.
Willoughby Pete
Whitaker Judge
Wynn Jack
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Queets hired a Teacher...
Ingeborg Lundgren
m. Jan 14,1903 Grays Harbor County
Spouse: Albert A. Roblan (Axel Albert Roblan)
"Twas in the fall month of October, year 1900. Winter rains had already set in. There was only one school vacancy in the county - in the lower Queets valley. No teacher seemed to want it because of the trouble, inconvenience and difficulties of such a trip into the far back-woods. Besides the pay was only $40.00 per month. Not very appealing."
I wrote to Mr. Eldridge Wheeler, of Montesano, my summer Normal school instructor, for advice. A sentence in his reply struck my fancy. "The happiest time of a teacher's life is sometimes spent in the far back-woods." I took the school. Mrs. McKinnon, school clerk of the district, made all arrangements for my trip, and sent Ray Northup, of Clearwater, to meet me at the Indian Agency, now called Taholah. A trip to the Hoh and back in 85 minutes by air recently, suggested this story of a one-way trip that took nearly a week.
My father accompanied me to Oyehut. There he turned me over to an Indian who had come with a wagon from the Agency (Taholah). It took us the rest of the day to get to the Agency. It was a lonely drive along the north beach coast. Just an occasional house to pass. It was dark before we reached Taholah. There were high cliffs to the right, and the ocean waters right under the wagon wheels. The tide was up high. Seemed as though the ocean was going to take us. I was deathly scared. The driver hurried his horses for all they were worth and presently we saw lights from the village.
There I was taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reader. The Readers, the Indian Agent, and the Schoolmaster, were the only white people in the village. Reader kept a store. I met Ray Northup. He decided we better stay over a day, hoping the weather would be better for our journey on foot from the Quinault River to the Queets, along the beach, a distance of fourteen miles. Next day I visited the Indian School and looked over the village.
On the third day in the morning we started our tip northward. Ray carried a heavy pack. We just "mushed on" in the soft sand all day long. The ocean wind was cold and it rained, too. Every once in a while we came to big creeks, swollen from heavy rains. Hand in hand we plunged right in. The currens were strong. At the Raft River we couldn't plunge in. Ray constructed a raft, somehow, and we crossed safely on it. This is a dangerous crossing for inexperienced hands. Before this, we came to a tunnel through the high cliffs whose points extended out into the sea. The water was so high we couldn't get through it, so had to take a long round-about way, by trail, over the bluffs. Somewhere on top we ate our lunch. A thermos bottle of hot coffee (as we have now) wouldn't have been so bad. But we didn't have one.
We didn't follow the trail clear down, but to make the trip shorter, Ray picked his way down a steep water-fall in the cliffs. He tested every foothold carefully, all the while holding onto me. Safely down we proceeded northward and by evening arrived at an Indian Inn, cold, drenched, and tired out. (This was probably Dick Sharp's hotel.)
Had to stay with the Indians several days, as the Queets River wasn't in the right condition for poling a canoe upstream. The Indians were good to me, and were very fond of handling my little gold watch. But I was uneasy. Besides, their religious ceremony didn't appeal to me. While going up river in a canoe I saw Indian graves along the banks.
The forests and natural scenery are unsurpassed. There are rapids in the river and canoes have to be handled with skill.
The first white settlers we came to were McKinnons. Here Ray Northup left me for his own home on the Clearwater. Mrs. McKinnon kept me there several days before taking me to Donaldson's ranch, further up river, some nine miles from the mouth of the Queets.
Mrs. Donaldson with her Scotch brogue welcomed me. She had a boy and two girls near my own age. I met other young folks here, and right away made friendships that lasted through the years. I taught there three months, boarding with Donaldsons, then went six months to another district further up river. In this district were pupils from Streators, Glovers, Newmans and Sorensens. I boarded with Sorensens.
No teacher ever had nicer or more scholarly pupils than I had in the little school cabins on the Queets. They provided the wood for the schoolrooms in all kinds of bad weather, never even expecting the teacher to build the fire. The hospitality of these settlers couldn't be beaten. I had delicious Johnny cake, deer meat, strawberries and cream, and everything good to eat.
At that time there were no roads on the Queets - just trails. The primeval forest and beautiful scenery were wondrous. A wonderful country, shut out from the rest of the world, it was - an Arcadia of the Northwest."
m. Jan 14,1903 Grays Harbor County
Spouse: Albert A. Roblan (Axel Albert Roblan)
"Twas in the fall month of October, year 1900. Winter rains had already set in. There was only one school vacancy in the county - in the lower Queets valley. No teacher seemed to want it because of the trouble, inconvenience and difficulties of such a trip into the far back-woods. Besides the pay was only $40.00 per month. Not very appealing."
I wrote to Mr. Eldridge Wheeler, of Montesano, my summer Normal school instructor, for advice. A sentence in his reply struck my fancy. "The happiest time of a teacher's life is sometimes spent in the far back-woods." I took the school. Mrs. McKinnon, school clerk of the district, made all arrangements for my trip, and sent Ray Northup, of Clearwater, to meet me at the Indian Agency, now called Taholah. A trip to the Hoh and back in 85 minutes by air recently, suggested this story of a one-way trip that took nearly a week.
My father accompanied me to Oyehut. There he turned me over to an Indian who had come with a wagon from the Agency (Taholah). It took us the rest of the day to get to the Agency. It was a lonely drive along the north beach coast. Just an occasional house to pass. It was dark before we reached Taholah. There were high cliffs to the right, and the ocean waters right under the wagon wheels. The tide was up high. Seemed as though the ocean was going to take us. I was deathly scared. The driver hurried his horses for all they were worth and presently we saw lights from the village.
There I was taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reader. The Readers, the Indian Agent, and the Schoolmaster, were the only white people in the village. Reader kept a store. I met Ray Northup. He decided we better stay over a day, hoping the weather would be better for our journey on foot from the Quinault River to the Queets, along the beach, a distance of fourteen miles. Next day I visited the Indian School and looked over the village.
On the third day in the morning we started our tip northward. Ray carried a heavy pack. We just "mushed on" in the soft sand all day long. The ocean wind was cold and it rained, too. Every once in a while we came to big creeks, swollen from heavy rains. Hand in hand we plunged right in. The currens were strong. At the Raft River we couldn't plunge in. Ray constructed a raft, somehow, and we crossed safely on it. This is a dangerous crossing for inexperienced hands. Before this, we came to a tunnel through the high cliffs whose points extended out into the sea. The water was so high we couldn't get through it, so had to take a long round-about way, by trail, over the bluffs. Somewhere on top we ate our lunch. A thermos bottle of hot coffee (as we have now) wouldn't have been so bad. But we didn't have one.
We didn't follow the trail clear down, but to make the trip shorter, Ray picked his way down a steep water-fall in the cliffs. He tested every foothold carefully, all the while holding onto me. Safely down we proceeded northward and by evening arrived at an Indian Inn, cold, drenched, and tired out. (This was probably Dick Sharp's hotel.)
Had to stay with the Indians several days, as the Queets River wasn't in the right condition for poling a canoe upstream. The Indians were good to me, and were very fond of handling my little gold watch. But I was uneasy. Besides, their religious ceremony didn't appeal to me. While going up river in a canoe I saw Indian graves along the banks.
The forests and natural scenery are unsurpassed. There are rapids in the river and canoes have to be handled with skill.
The first white settlers we came to were McKinnons. Here Ray Northup left me for his own home on the Clearwater. Mrs. McKinnon kept me there several days before taking me to Donaldson's ranch, further up river, some nine miles from the mouth of the Queets.
Mrs. Donaldson with her Scotch brogue welcomed me. She had a boy and two girls near my own age. I met other young folks here, and right away made friendships that lasted through the years. I taught there three months, boarding with Donaldsons, then went six months to another district further up river. In this district were pupils from Streators, Glovers, Newmans and Sorensens. I boarded with Sorensens.
No teacher ever had nicer or more scholarly pupils than I had in the little school cabins on the Queets. They provided the wood for the schoolrooms in all kinds of bad weather, never even expecting the teacher to build the fire. The hospitality of these settlers couldn't be beaten. I had delicious Johnny cake, deer meat, strawberries and cream, and everything good to eat.
At that time there were no roads on the Queets - just trails. The primeval forest and beautiful scenery were wondrous. A wonderful country, shut out from the rest of the world, it was - an Arcadia of the Northwest."
Florence A Glover b.1884 Kansas
Spouse: W. Thomas Edwards aka William Tom Edwards
Charles Henry Glover b.1886 Kansas
Spouse: Lillian Olson
Fred Ralph Glover b.May 11,1890 Toronto, Kansas d.May 5, 1983 Los Angeles, Ca.
Hoquiam Steam Laundry Laundryman
Freda Moss Glover b.March 8, 1893 Washington
Luther "Glenn" Glover aka,
L. Glen Glover
L. Glenn Glover
Lloyd G. Glover
Lloyd Glen Glover
b.Oct 17,1895 Cosmopolis, Wa. d.Mar 31, 1957 Snohomish, Wa.
Auto Mechanic @ Ryan-Ferring Co. Hoquiam, Wa.
Spouse: W. Thomas Edwards aka William Tom Edwards
Charles Henry Glover b.1886 Kansas
Spouse: Lillian Olson
Fred Ralph Glover b.May 11,1890 Toronto, Kansas d.May 5, 1983 Los Angeles, Ca.
Hoquiam Steam Laundry Laundryman
Freda Moss Glover b.March 8, 1893 Washington
Luther "Glenn" Glover aka,
L. Glen Glover
L. Glenn Glover
Lloyd G. Glover
Lloyd Glen Glover
b.Oct 17,1895 Cosmopolis, Wa. d.Mar 31, 1957 Snohomish, Wa.
Auto Mechanic @ Ryan-Ferring Co. Hoquiam, Wa.
Seth and Jeanette's 5 children
Florence Edwards,Luther "Glenn",Freda Signor
Charles, Fred
Luther Glenn aka
Lloyd Glenn Glover
L.Glen Glover
"Glenn"
Jenette Theresa Glover daughter b. 8/27/1881 d.9/6/1881 10 days old Toronto, Kansas
Elizabeth Ellen Glover d.3yo Toronto, Kansas
Charles Henry Glover b.7/20/1886 Toronto, Kansas
Fred Ralph Glover b.5/11/1890 Toronto, Kansas d.5/30/1983 Gardena, Ca.
Freda Moss Glover b.8 Mar 1893 Cosmopolis, Grays Harbor, Washington
Luther Glenn Glover b.10/17/1895 Cosmopolis
Jeanette DeBra
Jeanette "Jennie" Sloan DeBra Glover
b.Oct 8,1856 Dayton, Ohio
m. 1/28/1880 Toronto Woodson Co., Kansas
d.Sept 17,1922 Hoquiam, Grays Harbor, Washington
Mrs. S. Glover taught in Schaupp's house
..."In the 1890's no school "house" existed. Instead, lessons were taught in various settlers' homes by the wives of farmers."...
Seth Sheldon Glover
b.Oct 19,1859 Battlecreek, Michigan
m. Jan 28,1880 Woodson Co.,Kansas
d.Jan 1, 1918 age 58 Hoquiam, Grays Harbor, Washington
1860 Newton, Calhoun, Michigan
1870 Newton, Calhoun, Michigan
1875 Neosha Falls, Woodson, Kansas
1892 Census Grays Harbor County - Laborer
1894 Census Grays Harbor - Tallyman
1900 Census Washington Chehalis - Lumber Grader, sawmill
1910 Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County - Store Mgr.
1911 Hoquiam Seth, Jennie, Freda,Fred R. @ 711 Karr Ave. Hoquiam
..."Seth Glover... He was an old timer of Hoquiam. After leaving the Queets he moved his family to Hoquiam and started working for the Powell and Ross grocery store located on Eighth Street close to the old Bank of Hoquiam. The Glover family consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Glover. Florence, who now is Mrs. Tom Edwards of New London. Charlie Glover, Fred Glover, who is now the Hoquiam Steam Laundry and Mossie, who all went to school in Hoquiam. Mrs. Glover taught school one or two terms before leaving the ranch."...
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