Pendleton Odd Fellows Hall Fire Memory and Early Town
A letter to the East Oregon recalls Pendleton in its early days and the 1872 burning of the Odd Fellows Hall. The author, recounting local figures, events, and places, notes the lodge’s resilience and community fundraising after the fire. He mentions Swift's Station, Umatilla County, and Fort Hale as context for Pendleton’s mid-19th century growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Odd Fellows
Ouvayrta
W. T
East Oregon
Oregon
Contan
Oxtan
Morse
Frank Conta
Mr. Fraker
Umatilla
Indiana
Swift
John Bowman
Pendleton Hotel
Mre. Goodman
John Wilken
Col
Stewart
Birchenek
Lee
Eeclopment
Rose
California
Ime
Artie
Maury
Union Cavalry
McKay
Tle
Fort Hale
MckKay
Koibruee
Pendleton Pire
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Neote
Macon
Odd
Lin
Judge Bailey
Olympia
Auld Hall
Swne
Jim Turner
Dallas
Grogon
Eureka
Fire and Marine Firm Names in Court Documents
A brief record notes Columbia Fire & Marine Insurance Company alongside Frank Dekum P. K. Smith and others in a docket fragment. The text lists names such as J. A. Child and Ree R Oe OTE with accompanying garbled entries, indicating a partially readable legal filing or insurance case reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dekump
K. Smith
J. A. Child Cope
D. P. Thompson
Portland
Oregon
Frank Dekum
W K Smith
John Donnerberg
Jacob Wortman
McMinnville
M, Wade
Foxt
A. H. Dreyman
John B. David
W. B. Honeyman
George H. Williams
Kearney
Walter F. Burrell
Sam P. Sturgis
Pendleton
T. Lb
Charman
Oregon City
John A. Child
Pete
James F. Watson
W. HL Walker
Asatel Bush Peeser Salers
Onion
H. Thielsen
George B. Markle
Union
Wright
R. L. Durham
OMAS
A. Alisky
Antoria
Ohepon
W. Caseid
E. Bmith
Insurance payments exceed foreign company receipts in district
School Clerk Fred A. Daly notes that $77 paid by the Columbia Fire and Marine Insurance Company for school tax in District No. 1 amounts to more than all payments received from foreign insurers doing business in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim
Columbia Fire and Marine Innurance Company
Portland
Oregon
Fred A. Daly
Insurance pitch from Portland company warning on taxes
A promotional letter urges readers to insure with the Columbia Fire and Marine Insurance Company of Portland Oregon. It touts a guaranteed capital of 500000 and attacks foreign companies for taxes and profit repatriation. Signed by Johns A. Child secretary at offices near Child's Dewy Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Portland
Oregon
Hue
Johns A. Child
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Bostrams
John Bowtes
Neeleine
Rifwng
Maararenville
Seattle
Canada
Columbia Fire & Marine Insurance Company
Columbia
P. Thompson
Commercial Nation
Frank Dekins
Portland Sav'ga Bank
W. Ak, Smith
View-Pres
Aineworth Nut'l Bank
First Nut'l Bank
M R M Wade
Vige-Prea Knapp
Burrell & Co
John Hale
Palace Hold
R M Steele
St Johna
Mich
A Dolph
Portland, Or
John B David
Northwest Coal and Transfer Co
Perl
W Bt Honeyman
Capital
Jacksonville
Walter F Murrell
Capit
SP Sturgis
Nat'l Bank
JH Northup
Jobe
Draggiat
Janes F Walon
Virginia Watson
Frederick
W. I
K G Smith
J . White
Charles B Dorkkoop
JC Moreland
Louis Sohas
First Nat'l Bank
Durham
Washington County
Mary B Spiller
Ragene City
C A Alisky
Alisky
BaumaOn
Asahel
W H McCoy
Druggiat
Spokane Fe
Rufus Mallory
Clapton & Boyd
East Oregonian
Pendle
Offles
Sserad St
Child's Dewy Store
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