Walla Walla Whitman Columbia Garfield County OR WA

Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Counties, Washington Territory, and Umatilla County, Oregon

by Frank T. Gilbert

Originally published by A. G. Walling, Portland, OR in 1882
Chapter I. The Pacific Ocean, California and Oregon discovered
Chapter II. Occupation of Lower California by the Jesuits
Chapter III. Conquest of Upper California by the Franciscans
Chapter IV. Downfall of the missions
Chapter V. Exploration and claims to the Coast North from San Francisco
Chapter VI. Lewis and Clarke's expedition in 1804, 1805 & 1806
Chapter VII. American occupation defeated by the English
Chapter VIII. Struggle from 1814 to 1835 between rival fur companies, or first effect of agreement between the United States and Great Britain to jointly occupy the country
Chapter IX. The first missionary movement
Chapter X. Missionary operations in 1836
Chapter XI. Events from 1837 to 1840, tending to Americanize Oregon
Chapter XII. Americans having gained a footing, attempt organization
Chapter XIII. American settlers organize a government - Incidents in 1843, 1844 and 1845
Chapter XIV. The eventful years of 1846 and 1847
Chapter XV. The Cayuse War of 1848 - Oregon organized as a territory
Chapter XVI. Creation of Washington Territory
Chapter XVII. Attempt at organizing Walla Walla County, W. T., defeated by Indian outbreak of 1855
Chapter XVIII. The condition of the threatened country
Chapter XIX. Resume of military operations
Chapter XX. Winter campaign of Oregon troops in the Walla Walla Country
Chapter XXI. Incidents of the war both East and West of the Cascade Mountains
Chapter XXII. The Cascades massacre of March 26, 1856. Narrated by L. W. Coe.
Chapter XXIII. Military operations East of the Cascades resumed
Chapter XIV. Indians gain all they ask for and the war ends
Chapter XXV. Eastern Oregon and Washington from 1856 to 1858. Col. Steptoe's defeat and Col. Wright's expedition
Chapter XXVI. Eastern Washington Territory from 1859 to 1865. Walla Walla County organized
Chapter XXVII. Walla Walla County from 1866 to 1882
Chapter XXVIII. River, railway and other transportation
Chapter XXIX. Agriculture
Chapter XXX. City of Walla Walla
Chapter XXXI. Schools and Churches of Walla Walla City
Chapter XXXII. Lodges and other organizations of Walla Walla City
Chapter XXXIII. Towns of Walla Walla County. Waitsburg
Chapter XXXIV. The press of Eastern Washington and Umatilla County, Oregon
Chapter XXXV. Miscellaneous subjects. The Millennial Era, as taught by William W. Davies
Chapter XXXVI. Settlement of Columbia County
Chapter XXXVII. The towns of Columbia County
Chapter XXXVIII. Reasons for its creation
Chapter XXXIX. Its boundary and general description
Chapter XL. Umatilla County, Oregon
Index of Contents
Biographical supplement - Alphabetically arranged


Surnames in the Biographical Supplement

Full Biographies:
Adams, Baker, Boyer, Blalock, Barnes, Babcock, Barker, Baldwin, Berry, Brechtel, Brewer, Brunton, Cantonwine, Caton, Cochran, Colwell, Cornwell, Davis, Day, Dewar, Dickinson, Donaldson, Erwin, Evans, Favor, Ferguson, Fix, Foster, Frazier, Fudge, Ginn, Graham, Gwinn, Hales, Harbert, Hemingway, Hood, Hull, Ingalls, James, Johnson, Keiser, Kirby, Kirkman, Lasater, Long, Loundagin, Lowe, Lyons, McAuliff, McCoy, McGwire, McKay, McMorris, Maier, Mills, Mix, Muncy, Neal, Nichols, Offield, Page, Painter, Pomeroy, Powell, Preston, Pumpelly, Quinn, Randall, Rees, Rattlemiller, Reed, Reynolds, Rigsby, Russell, Scholl, Scott, Stanfield, Starrett, Stephens, Stewart, St. George, Stine, Tash, Thomas, Torrence, Tracy, Truax, Williams, Winans, Witt, Wooten, Yenney, Lamb, Langford,

Surnames Biographical Brevities - Walla Walla City:
Alban, Alderman, Allen, Andrews, Ankeny, Arberry, Babcock, Baker, Baucher, Bauer, Baumeister, Berg, Berry, Blalock, Blanpied, Boyd, Brooks, Bumgardner, Burgess, Carter, Chase, Colt, Colwell, Crocker, Crowley, Davis, Dement, Dewar, Dorr, Dovell, Dudley, Duffy, Duncan, Dyer, Ennis, Faucette, Foster, Gleim, Goldman, Goodwin, Gregory, Guichard, Guthridge, Hall, Harris, Hill, Holmes, Howard, Hungate, Jones, Junger, Justice, Kaseberg, Kelling, Kellogg, Kimball, Kleber, Kohlhauff, Kraft, Lacy, Lambert, Legrow, Lucinger, Lux, McCalley, McFaden, McGillivray, McPhail, Mack, Marshall, Martin, Massam, Mauzey, Merchant, Monaghan, Morrison, O'Donnell, Orselli, Paine, Painter, Patterson, Pierce, Porter, Regan, Ringhoffer, Ritz, Roberts, Schwabacher, Seeber, Sharp, Sharpstein, Shaw, Small, Smith, Stahl, Stearns, Stine, Stone, Stott, Swezea, Tannatt, Thompson, Tierney, Upton, Wagner, Wah Kee, Walker, Ward, Weber, West, Whitman, Whitney, Williams, Wind, Wintler

Surnames Biographical Brevities - Walla Walla County:
Actor, Adwell, Allen, Arthurs, Atkinson, Ayde, Barnes, Bender, Benge, Berry, Brown, Brouillet, Bruce, Bryant, Buroker, Byrom, Calvert, Cameron, Camp, Cannon, Caris, Cassell, Chapman, Clampitt, Clancy, Cochran, Coffin, Copeland, Cown, Cox, Critchfield, Dacres, Davidson, DeBaun, Delaney, Demaris, Dewitt, Diemer, Dobson, Evans, Fallon, Farrell, Ferrel, Freeman, Friend, Gallaher, Gholson, Gilkerson, Gill, Gilliam, Griffith, Griems, Gwinn, Hagerty, Hammond, Hardman, Harkness, Harman, Harrer, Hart, Hastings, Hanber, Hayes, Hayward, Herman, Herndon, Hogoboom, Hollowell, Hoskins, Hubbard, Huff, Ingalls, Ingle, Jennings, Johnson, Kaup, Kennedy, Kent, Kershaw, Kibler, Kidwell, Kinzie, Kitchen, Klemgaard, Lewis, Livingston, Lizenby, Lloyd, Loehr, Logsdone, Loundagin, McBride, McCool, McCown, McCoy, McDonnell, McFarland, McKee, McKinny, McGhee, McKinnon, McQuiston, McWhirk, Mackin, Malone, Marks, Martin, Maxson, Miller, Mitchell, Moore, Morgan, Mullinix, Naught, Newcomb, Nibler, Nowles, Nuttall, O'Donnell, Oster, Owen, Parker, Patterson, Pilcher, Price, Redfords, Reser, Rice, Richman, Riffle, Roff, Rohn, Russell, Saling, Sampson, Sanders, Saunders, Sayler, Scott, Seeber, Shelton, Shoemaker, Singleton, Smith, Stacy, Stalls, Storms, Strahm, Strong, Stroup, Sturm, Taber, Taylor, Teegarden, Thomas, Torrance, Van Scoyk, Vaughan, Walker, Walter, Waterman, Waterway, Welch, Weller, Wilson, Woodward

Surnames Biographical Brevities - Columbia County:
Abraham, Allison, Ayres, Bailey, Baker, Baldwin, Beamis, Bemis, Benton, Bird, Blackard, Blackmer, Bramlett, Brown, Burdick, Burge, Burk, Byrd, Carson, Carter, Clark, Cooper, Crawford, Culbertson, Davis, Dickeson, Duncan, Dunn, DuPuy, Eads, Eccles, Eckler, Ellis, Elwell, Embree, English, Evans, Findley, Flowers, Frary, Fudge, George, Getty, Gilbreath, Godman, Goodwin, Grupe, Guernsey, Hanan, harman, Harris, Harvey, Hatley, Hawks, Hearn, Henshaw, Holman, Hubbard, Hukill, Jackson, Jenkins, Jessee, Jinnett, Johnson, Kauffman, Keeler, Kellogg, Kettner, King, Kneff, Knight, Knobloch, Lee, Lewis, Lockwood, Lord, Lynch, McCauley, McCleary, McKee, McKellips, Magill, Markham, Marll, Martin, Matzger, Maynard, Mays, Messinger, Monnett, Muncy, Murch, Musgrave, Mustard, Neel, Newland, Nicholson, Osland, Ostrander, Palmer, Parks, Parsons, Paul, Pettijohn, Pietrzycki, Ping, Pintler, Pollard, Price, Pumpelly, Putnam, Rainwater, Rayburn, Redford, Richardson, Rinehart, Romaine, Russell, Rutherford, Saling, Sams, Shaw, Sherry, Sherwood, Skelton, Shepherd, Sloan, Smith, Starie, Starner, Steen, Stewart, Story, Stovall, Sturdevant, Sudderth, Swinney, Taylor, Teel, Tewalt, Thayer, Thompson, Thronson, Titus, Trent, Vandever, Van Dusen, Vannice, Vaughan, Wait, Waldrip, Warwick, Watrous, Watson, West, Wilkinson, Williams, Willits, Winder, Wood, Wright

Surnames Biographical Brevities - Garfield County:
Allen, Ball, Bankson, Bean, Bihlmaier, Blackmun, Braden, Bramlet, Bridgewater, Burford, Burge, Caples, Clark, Cluster, Cooley, Cook, Corder, Courtney, Cox, Coyle, Crumpacker, Cunningham, Daugherty, Davis, Day, Delaney, Dickson, Estes, Fitzsimmons, Foote, Forrest, Frary, Gallagher, Gammon, Gilbert, Granlund, Green, Hagaman, Harrington, Harris, Hawley, Haworth, Hendershott, Houser, Howard, Howell, Hughes, Hull, Hunter, Hutchinson, Illsley, Isecke, James, Jenkins, Jones, Judkins, Kanawyer, Keffer, Kelley, Kennedy, Kernohan, Kindlie, King, Kirby, Kneen, Leachman, Lewis, Lister, Logan, Long, Lundy, Lynch, McCabe, McCalpin, McFall, McKellar, Malone, Marks, Marsilliot, Megginson, Milam, Mills, Mochel, Montgomery, Morris, Morse, Oliver, Owsley, Palmer, Parker, Perkins, Peterson, Plummer, Rafferty, Rash, Rauch, Reed, Reuck, Rice, Richardson, Robison, Robinson, Ruark, Scott, Seeley, Shaner, Shannon, Shields, Stallcop, Steen, Stephens, Stiles, Strain, Sumpter, Suttie, Swezea, Swinney, Teale, Tomlinson, Trescott, Troyer, Truax, Ward, Weissenfells, Welch, Wheeler, Wilson, Woodward, Zemel, Zumwalt

Surnames Biographical Brevities - Whitman County:
Becker, Benton, Bishop, Boone, Bragg, Coply, Cram, Davenport, Davis, Dickinson, Fincher, French, Hamilton, Hills, Hoover, Hungate, Kirby, McClure, McCord, McCue, Newland, Olds, Perkins, Preffer, Ragsdale, Skeels, Smith, Spalding, Spencer, Stephens, Stratton, Tayler, Truax, Walker, Wicks, Wiley, Wilson

Surnames Biographical Brevities - Umatilla County:
Arnold, Ashpaugh, Atterbury, Bahr, Baley, Bamford, Barger, Bashore, Beauchemin, Bentley, Blakley, Bolin, Bonafer, Boon, Boothby, Branson, Broughton, Brown, Bruce, Burden, Buzan, Carmichael, Charlton, Clark, Claypool, Coe, Colby, Cowl, Coy, Crawford, Davison, Donahue, Downing, Duran, Durr, Eastland, Edwards, Elgin, Ely, Evans, Ferguson, Forsythe, Frakes, Frazer, Frazier, French, Gans, Garred, Gellenbeck, Gerking, Giles, Gilliam, Ginn, Goodwin, Graham, Green, Groves, Gum, Hale, Hales, Hamilton, Hanscom, Hardman, Harris, Hayden, Henderson, Hermo, Hicks, Hoon, Hurd, Ireland, Jackson, Jamieson, Jenkins, Jones, Junkin, Keeney, Kees, Kelley, Key, King, Kinney, Kinzie, Kirk, Kirkland, Knowlton, Krebs, La Dow, Lane, Lawrence, Learned, Lee, Leezer, Lewis, Lieuallen, Linville, Livermore, McArthur, McCawlery, McCool, McHone, McLean, Mackey, Marshall, Martin, Maybee, Mayfield, Miller, Montgomery, Moore, Moorehouse, Moran, Morse, Neil, Ogburn, Oharra, Olmstead, Palmer, Parris, Patterson, Porter, Price, Proebstel, Pruett, Reel, Reynolds, Ridenour, Rothchild, Rudio, Russell, Sailing, Sams, Sanders, Sargent, Schubert, Schwartz, Scott, Scrivner, Selvester, Shafer, Shumway, Shutrum, Simpson, Smith, Sparks, Spencer, Stanley, Stanton, St. Dennis, Steele, Steen, Stillman, Stone, Stubblefield, Sturgeon, Talbert, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Tinsley, Tones, Turner, Tyson, Vancil, Walden, Waldon, Walker, Wallan, Warren, Waugh, Webb, Weston, White, Whitley, Wickersham, Wilder, Willaby, Wilson, Winn, Wise, Wolf, Womach, Woodward, Wormington, Young, Zell




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