David S. Maynard and Catherine T. Maynard Biographies of Two of the Oregon Immigrants of 1850. Their Births - Events of Their Earlier Years in Vermont, Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois - Diary Narrative of Journey Across the Continent - Witnesses and Participants in the Beginnings of Washington Territory - Residence in Olympia .

PROSCH, Thomas

Published by Lowman and Hanford Stationery & Printing, Seattle, 1906

About this Item

Octavo. Pp. 80. Two Portraits (+) facsimile of D.S. Maynard's "land patent" & a photograph of Mrs. Maynard at the tomb of her husband. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering stamped on front board. Light wear to corners and spine. Withal, a bright copy. One of Prosch's scarcer works.Of the reasons to enjoy Prosch, humor is paramount. And he lacks the crankiness and self-righteousness of some ancient pioneers, who require adoration for simply having shown up before others. Arriving Steilacoom as a child in 1858, where his father Charles founded the Territory's second newspaper. In young adulthood, Thomas Prosch bought another South Sound newspaper from his father then, later, he migrated north to Seattle, where he became a leading citizen and, increasingly, an able historian of the region.SMITH 8385, HOWES P636, MINTZ 382 ("included is David Maynard's day-by-day journal describing his overland trip"), GRAFF 3368, SOLIDAY II-1059.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: David S. Maynard and Catherine T. Maynard Biographies of Two of the Oregon Immigrants of 1850. Their Births - Events of Their Earlier Years in Vermont, Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois - Diary Narrative of Journey Across the Continent - Witnesses and Participants in the Beginnings of Washington Territory - Residence in Olympia .
• Publisher: Lowman and Hanford Stationery & Printing, Seattle
• Publication Date: 1906
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Western Americana
  • Pacific Northwest Americana