Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-05
.sUNST0N COUNTY
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n me early history OF TINS country;
II VIII east ilSnt on the present ana
enable us to forecast tue future. Inc
amp oi experience snail guide Us as
Sil!ded the patrons Hl Ola ne nfSt
-"i lement made III the limits OF what
Is now KNOWN rs thurs'on county,
Was maze IN 1913. by party neaued
ny me sturdy Mlchael /. Simmons,
"ho cut their way through the wlldS
81 forest ana pralrle from the valley
81 the Cowlitz. lhey spent niteen days
IN ihls journey OF less than Sixty miles.
Il was late III October when they nnal-
~ camped on the banks OF the Des-
hntcS. at that picturesque spot call
"A by the euphonious name of "Tum-
water" by the Indians, but which Col.
simmons called New Market. The new
name. however, soon gave place to the
quainter one, and "Tumwater" is still
he name of the beautiful spot. as it
was long before the American ever in
vaded it, and as it will remain long
after the present generation shall be
Iuie.i! Sleeping "i'hih Inc SCUM" Vi
Tho reuion north of tho Columbia
river was AT This time in dispute and
WAS claimed nv both tho Tinted states
and Great Britain. and if was not until
.Iuue 18th 1916 that the northwest
boundary was established and the
I nited states formally aco,,ired undis-
pu;ed possession of This territory Re-
sides Col Simmons and his family the
Marty of nioneers who TINS early hrav
ed the danger and discomforts of the
first white SETTLERS in a hostile conn
try. were lanes NcAljster David Kin
dred Gabriel ZONES George Rush and
their families. and Jesse Ferguson
and Samuel Crocl,ott Tbav ali set-
He'd either near the ..Tumwater or on
the neighboring prairie. which is still
known as Bush Prairie. in honor of
the George Bush who first settled
there. IL is a remarkable fact which
il will be well to note in regard to this
prairie. as bearing on the fertility of
the soil of Thurston County. that the
wheat raised in 1875 by George Bush.
a colOred man. took the Drize at the
Centennial Exhibition in comnetiriou
against the world,
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LEI IL MI bE toh'iol u EN-
That this was the first settlement that
was made in the Sound country by
American citizens. These brave people
pushed forward and disputed the land
with the English from Vancouver. and
laid the foundation of the claim of
first settlers to the Sound country,
which enabled the United States to Sc
cure the immense track north and west
of the Columbia river, which but for
them would have gone to Great Bri-
tain and the Columbia River have be-
.uii'e 'ne nouiiudl! ilne between the
an Tho nnssih;,;tias I,,;n1 dorn,an+ i,
the forect md nrairio and ho+tor,
countrv contirrons 70 tho Sound and
in tho trne nioneor Sn;rit tbo,, so;.ad
mon if
II u.as NOT ooo;ao,,. .,,,. oo,,o, at.
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no,'.or f,,,n;-hod h INC, n nm. - -
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,i,a. bora onnat o;.,, ,,,d ~ a.,
lrise that sbouId ba Tho oonto. of in
dustrv fn,. al tho nortbwos+ oo,,ntr,,
Thev saw with nronbetin eye tba co.
tories and mills that sbouId ono day
line the hanks of This Ioyalv stream
and the little settlement NO. bad 49,,
Deg,,n in such difficulties grow and e1-
nand to a citv Tbev c.u, aootS of VOC
soIs come IN tho Sonnd Laden With for.
oiern Gods 70 rot,,rn ta1,ino ~ MO
hurt Of tho co1onv Tbis thay hohoId
in the dim future and If was The deter.
m,n,,iion horn of those visions tbat
i.nneIled them IN seize unon tb;c coun.
1ry and hold If against ali comars that
s.cnrod for ms this fair domain