Mrs. W.L. Russell, whose picture is presented today, is a charming visitor from Walla Walla, Washington, and is the house guest of Mrs. Allen A. Busey at her artistic Piedmont home.
Miscellaneous newspaper articles about Walla Walla Co.
December 9, 1875
Daily Nevada State Journal, Reno Nevada
Walla Walla County, Washington Territory, asks through universal wish of her inhabitants, to be stricken off from the Territory and united to Oregon.
May 31, 1880
Nevada State Journal, Reno Nevada
James H. Graham, formerly City Attorney of Virginia city, will shortly take up his residence in Walla Walla, Washington Territory.
June 1, 1880
Daily Nevada State Journal, Reno Nevada
James H. Graham, formerly City Attorney of Virginia city, will shortly take up his residence in Walla Walla, Washington Territory.
November 26, 1881
The Mountain Democrat, Placerville California
At the Land Office in Walla Walla, Washington Territory, the entries, preemptions, etc., amounted to 27, 526 acres during October.
April 6, 1884
Nevada State Journal, Reno Nevada
TWO LOST BROTHERS
An unusual incident occurred in Walla Walla, Washington
Territory, which illustrates the manner in which so many men on this Coast
mysteriously disappear and are never again heard of by their relatives in the
East. Recently the Sheriff of Walla Walla received on the same day two letters
from parties in the East, each enquiring for a long lost brother. The Sheriff
was compelled to convey the unwelcome information that one of the lost brothers
had been hanged the week before for the murder of the other lost brother.
April 7, 1884
Reno Evening Gazette, Reno Nevada
Mrs. Steinberg, the daughter of R.E. Ross, deceased, arrived from Walla Walla, Washington Territory, Sunday morning, to attend the funeral of her father.
March 9, 1887
Reno Evening Gazette, Reno Nevada
Dave Goodstein of the Whit House, Walla Walla, Washington Territory, and formerly with Abraham Bros., Reno., is visiting his mother who is now ill at the house of Mr. Abrahams.
October 12, 1889
A DESPERATE CONVICT
Charles Clark, a convict at Walla Walla, Washington, jumped on the brake beam of
a car and tried to escape, but the guard put two balls in him and he fell to the
ground, seriously but not dangerously wounded.
August 14, 1896
Reno Evening Gazette, Reno Nevada
J.G.V. Coyle of Walla Walla, Washington, is at the Hotel Reno.
November 23, 1897
The New York Times, New York New York
MONUMENT TO MARTYR MISSIONARIES
The monument erected to the memory of Dr. Marcus
Whitman, Mrs. Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, missionaries of the American Board, and
twelve other persons who were massacred by the Cayuse Indians on Nov. 29 and 30,
1847, will be dedicated at Walla Walla, Washington, on Nov. 30 at 11 a.m. The
massacre occurred at the Wahlatpu Mission, about six miles west of the present
City of Walla Walla, and the monument has been erected near the site of the
massacre.
January 22, 1901
Daily Nevada State Journal, Reno Nevada
A fire at Walla Walla, Washington, yesterday did $25,000 damage.
August 8, 1903
Reno Evening Gazette, Reno Nevada
Hampton Ede left last night for Walla Walla, Washington, where he will spend several months visiting his daughter. Mr. Ede may locate permanently in Washington.
May 8, 1909
Oakland Tribune, Oakland California
Mrs. W.L. Russell, whose picture is presented today, is a charming visitor from
Walla Walla, Washington, and is the house guest of Mrs. Allen A. Busey at her
artistic Piedmont home.
June 1, 1909
Oakland Tribune, Oakland California
UPSETS AUTO ON HER HUSBAND AND SELF
Portland, Oregon, June 1-Throwing on all power instead of cutting it off as she
was driving an automobile around a corner, yesterday, at Walla Walla,
Washington, Mrs. Henry Heisler caused the car to overturn, seriously injuring
herself and husband. Neither is expected live. The car turned a complete
somersault, pinioning the couple beneath it.
July 7, 1909
Nevada State Journal, Reno Nevada
GIVES $50,000 TO COLLEGE
Chicago, July 6-A gift of $50,000 to Whitman College,
Walla Walla, Washington, by D.K. Parsons, the Chicago philanthropist and friend
of small colleges, was announced here today. Mr. Parson's benefactions to the
Washington institution now aggregate $300,000.
July 8, 1919
Reno Evening Gazette, Reno Nevada
SYMPATHETIC STRIKE ON AT WALLA WALLA
Walla Walla, Wash., July 8-In sympathy with striking painters and plumbers who
have demanded a flat raise of $1 per day in their pay, all building trades
unions of Walla Walla walked out yesterday on jobs under way by members of the
local employers association, and as a result most of the building activity has
been halted. Grievance committees have met without success.
©Shauna Williams, unless otherwise noted
