![2007-09-03 10:11:58 ** Seattle ** Biography of Ethel Anderson
In 1897, Ethel Anderson was a young child. Later in life she wrote about her life in Bellingham, Washington before the gold rush:
'They called the hard times a 'panic' but why it came, no one knew. ...[M]oney began to disappear and no one had any work. For a while our papa cut firewood for the railway for a dollar a day - a fourteen-hour day. ... When our food supply began to run low he would strike out, gun in hand. ... No need to carry a lunch for every homesteader along the way would say, 'Put your feet under the table and tell us the news.' Every traveler was a walking newspaper, and in hard times the farmer alone was well fed.
Biography of Lucille Hunter
Lucille Hunter was born in the Midwest about 1880. She was African-American and knew about hard work. Later in life, she would tell friends that by the age of 13 she was 'working like a man.' Lucille married at age 16 and soon after headed north to the Klondike with her husband. Little else is known about the early life of this remarkable and courageous woman.
Biography of Henry Daum
Henry Daum was born in a German village in the 1870s. He had five brothers and one sister. Henry trained as a florist in Germany and in the process learned about the operation of greenhouses. He and four of his brothers immigrated to America in the 1890s where Henry found work as a florist in New Jersey and on Long Island.](/images/6c7038ffb3ee6c272be03897a37e8dc0_800_75.jpeg "2007-09-03 10:11:58 ** Seattle ** Biography of Ethel Anderson
In 1897, Ethel Anderson was a young child. Later in life she wrote about her life in Bellingham, Washington before the gold rush:
'They called the hard times a 'panic' but why it came, no one knew. ...[M]oney began to disappear and no one had any work. For a while our papa cut firewood for the railway for a dollar a day - a fourteen-hour day. ... When our food supply began to run low he would strike out, gun in hand. ... No need to carry a lunch for every homesteader along the way would say, 'Put your feet under the table and tell us the news.' Every traveler was a walking newspaper, and in hard times the farmer alone was well fed.
Biography of Lucille Hunter
Lucille Hunter was born in the Midwest about 1880. She was African-American and knew about hard work. Later in life, she would tell friends that by the age of 13 she was 'working like a man.' Lucille married at age 16 and soon after headed north to the Klondike with her husband. Little else is known about the early life of this remarkable and courageous woman.
Biography of Henry Daum
Henry Daum was born in a German village in the 1870s. He had five brothers and one sister. Henry trained as a florist in Germany and in the process learned about the operation of greenhouses. He and four of his brothers immigrated to America in the 1890s where Henry found work as a florist in New Jersey and on Long Island.") Album: Seattle, Washington 2007
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In 1897, Ethel Anderson was a young child. Later in life she wrote about her life in Bellingham, Washington before the gold rush:
"They called the hard times a 'panic' but why it came, no one knew. ...[M]oney began to disappear and no one had any work. For a while our papa cut firewood for the railway for a dollar a day - a fourteen-hour day. ... When our food supply began to run low he would strike out, gun in hand. ... No need to carry a lunch for every homesteader along the way would say, 'Put your feet under the table and tell us the news.' Every traveler was a walking newspaper, and in hard times the farmer alone was well fed.
Biography of Lucille Hunter
Lucille Hunter was born in the Midwest about 1880. She was African-American and knew about hard work. Later in life, she would tell friends that by the age of 13 she was "working like a man." Lucille married at age 16 and soon after headed north to the Klondike with her husband. Little else is known about the early life of this remarkable and courageous woman.
Biography of Henry Daum
Henry Daum was born in a German village in the 1870s. He had five brothers and one sister. Henry trained as a florist in Germany and in the process learned about the operation of greenhouses. He and four of his brothers immigrated to America in the 1890s where Henry found work as a florist in New Jersey and on Long Island. Exposure Time: 0.010 s (1/101)
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