Legend of Quantrell Alive on Vancouver Island sparks Walla Walla tale
Walla Walla residents recounts an astonishing claim that Quantrell the guerilla leader lived there under the name Colonel T. C. Burgess. Burgess died aged 74, buried in Walla Walla, and his widow asserts the man was never Quantrell, though he faced a near hanging after a military trial.
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Northwest
Quantrell
Vancouver Island
John Sharp
Walla Walla
T. C. Burgess
Burgess
Cite
Sahe
Kentucky
Indianapolis
Arkansas
Colorado
Burgeas
Baptist Church
Ahe
Missouri
Kansas
Tim
Quantreil
A C Cockburn Pioneer Dies at 78 in Milton Oregon
A C Cockburn oldest and wealthiest farmer of Umatilla County died after weeks of heart trouble at his home two miles south of Milton He was born in Scotland in 1829 and left a wife four sons and one daughter The funeral was held at the Milton Presbyterian Church Rev Babbidge officiating Also reports murderer Ad Goosen confessed to the Bonomi killing in The Dalles and two pilot rock warehouses under construction for Balfour Guthrie Co and the Pacific Elevator Co plus a marriage license issued to Alfred Weatherford and Miss Hale
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Cockburn
Umatilla County
Milton
Mr. Cockburn
Scotland
John
Ad Gossen
Ernest Bonomi
Dalles
Pendleton
Taylor
Wanco County
Goosen
Mill Creek
Chrisman
Rewerve
Bonomi
Pilot Rock
Balfour, Guthrie & Co
Pacific Elevator Co
Harvest Notes and Local News From Athena Area
Harvest notes report variable yields due to rain and dew and a 60 to 68 bushel per acre range at several farms near Havana and Gagnon. The Grain Growers Association abandons regular sales, pooling holdings for bids. Other items include a 68 bushel acre average on 75 acres at Dr. Plamondon, a 88th birthday for T J Kirk, an assault case against Ollie Reeves, a dog attachment for unpaid rent, the Turner will case appeal, and Rev W H Atchegon becoming a miller at Echo flour mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Ogle
Havana
Grain Grower's Association
A. Barrett
Athena
Barrett
Pendleton
Sam Forshaw
Andy
Jim Bryan
McRea
Hobie Place
D. C. Kirk
Auto smash near Athena injures Whitehouse family and companion
G. W. Whitehouse his wife their young son and Miss Paul of Walla Walla were in an automobile near the Reeder place outside Athena Tuesday forenoon when a wheel stuck in a rut. The vehicle overturned spilling all occupants in a rough rollover.
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G. W. Whitehouse
Paul
Walla Walla
Athena
Reeder Place
Tragic Train Runover Victim at Umatilla Yard
Jesse Pound, while checking cars in the Umatilla yards Saturday night, was struck by a train. He endured eight hours before dying early Sunday, his body severely mangled. Mia Carmichael appeared to challenge a notice of revenge that named her without consent, per local authority.
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Jesse Pound
Umatilla
Mia
Geo. Carmichael
Reveage
B. Wilson
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Manasse’s
Col
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Davis-Kaser CO
Alder St. Walla Walla, Wash
Dell Brothers
Coon
Oregon
A.C. Cockburn
Alfred H. Weatherford
Mise
Hale
Chicago
New York City
Whitehouse
Moorea
Mexico
Canada
T. J. Kirk
J. H. Koontz
Ra. J. H. Koontz
Roy
Geo
T. Ellis
Chas
Betta
George Dunlap
Award Koontz
J. M
Kemp
Fred Boyd
Ollie Reeves
Alba
George Ferguson
Reaves
Supreme Court
Turner Will
Saling
Weston
Iesno
Miller
W. H. Atchegon
Hirst
Freewater
Echo, Or
Eoho Flour Mills
C. A. Barrett &Company
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