Subject Guides For Special Collections:
Pioneer Narratives of Central Washington
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Subject Guide to Pioneer Narratives of Central Washington
Central Washington University
Special Collections
July 2006, updated November 2006
Prepared by Anne Taylor
General
Clarke, S. A. Pioneer Days of Oregon History. Portland : J. K. Gill, 1905. F880. C6
Meany, Edmond S. Living Pioneers of Washington . Seattle : Seattle Genealogical Society. F891 .M47 1995
Miller, Gail. On Stage with Washington Women . Pullman , WA : Washington State University Press, 1981.
Northwest Black Pioneers: A Centennial Tribute . Seattle : Centennial Commission, 1988.
Told by the Pioneers: Tales of Frontier Life as Told by Those who Remember the Days of the Territory and Early Statehood. Olympia : WPA, 1937-1938. F891 .U75 v.1-3
Benton
Harris, Mary Powell. Goodbye, White Bluffs. Yakima , Franklin Press, 1972.
Chelan
Anderson, Eva Greenslit. Pioneers of North Central Washington . Wenatchee : Wenatchee World, 1944.
Anderson, Eva Greenslit. John A. Gellatly, First Citizen. Wenatchee : Wenatchee World, 1947.
Anderson, Eva Greenslit. Jacob Miller, Perennial Pioneer. Wenatchee : Wenatchee World, 1953.
Anderson, Eva Greenslit. The Shotwell Story. Wenatchee : Wenatchee World, 1953. F891 .S4
Anderson, Eva Greenslit. Charles F. Keiser, the Pioneer with a Yen for Work. Wenatchee : Wenatchee World, 1954. F899 .W4 K45 1954
Anderson, Eva Greenslit. E. T. Pybus, the Ingenious Pioneer. Wenatchee : Wenatchee World, 1954. F899 .W4 P93 1954
Anderson, Eva Greenslit. C. Clarence Ward, Pioneer Surveyor. Wenatchee : Wenatchee World, 1956.
Anderson, Eva Greenslit. Dr. Isaac Hubbard, Manson’s Pioneer Doctor. Wenatchee : Wenatchee World, n. d.
Gellatly, Bernice. The Story of John A. Gellatly. Wenatchee : Wenatchee World, 1973. F899 .W4 G45 1973
Johnson, Margaret Walton. Above the Millpond: Early Days of Leavenworth in the 1920s. Omak: Walter Johnson, 2002.
Scheuerman, Richard. The Wenatchee Valley and its First Peoples. Walla Walla : Color Press, 2005.
Van Voorhis, Ford. Homesteaders of Chelan Butte . Portland : Binfords and Mort, 1984. F897 .C4 V36 1984
Douglas
Lewis, William. Early Days in the Big Bend Country. Spokane : W. D. Allen, 1926. F891 .L45
Grant
Allred, Ellis. Mid-Twentieth Century Pioneering on the Royal Slope of Central Washington . Ellensburg: Central Washington University , 1996. F897 .C7 A45 1996
Hormel, Monty. The Old West In Grant County . Ephrata , WA : Tamanawahs Publishing, 1990.
Kittitas
Fleming, Edna. Ah, Kittitas! Yakima : Franklin Press, 1969. F897 .K53 F5
Fulton, Arabella. Tales of the Trail. Montreal : Payette Radio Limited. F594 .F8
Glauert, Earl T., ed. Kittitas Frontiersmen. Ellensburg: Ellensburg Public Library, 1976. F897 .K53 K5 c.2
Hagerty, Bernice Lund. Pioneers of the Kittitas Valley. Ellensburg: the author, 2005.
Paul , Virginia . Standing by the Side of Your Arm. Ellensburg: Record Printing, 1996. F899 .K63 P38 1996
Smith, Clareta Olmstead. The Trail Leads West. Philadelphia : Dorrance and Company, 1946. F881 .S64 c.5
Smith, Clareta Olmstead. Campfires in the Valley. Wenatchee : Wenatchee World, 1976. F897 .K53 S46
Smith, Leta May. The End of the Trail. Hicksville , NY : Exposition Press, 1976. F897 .K53 S54
The Thousandth American. Corvallis : Edwin C. Earp, 1935. F851 .T4 v.1 1935
Klickitat
Ballou, Robert. Early Klickitat Valley Days. Goldendale: Goldendale Sentinel, 1938. F897 .K6 B3
Emigh, Frank. Pioneer Life of the Emigh Family: Two Accounts of the Overland Journey from California to Klickitat County , Washington Territory. Wyandotte , OK : Gregath, 2001.
Fleming, Neila Binford. Sketches of Early High Prairie. Portland : Binfords and Mort, 1949? F897 .K6 F5
Jenson, Hazel Addie. Across the Years: Pioneer Stories of Southern Washington . S. n.: the author, 1951.
May, Peter. History of Klickitat County . Goldendale: Klickitat County Historical Society, 1982.
Okanogan
Brown, William C. Early Okanogan History. Okanogan : Okanogan Independent, 1911. F899 .O41 B8
Fries, U. E. From Copenhagen to Okanogan . Caldwell , ID : Caxton Printers, 1951. F891 .F75
Harris, Jana. Oh How Can I Keep Singing? Voices of Pioneer Women. Princeton : Ontario Review Press, 1993.
Holloway, Bob. Desert of Dreams . Selah: Selah Publishing Group, 2002. F897 .C7 H35 2002
Lindblad, Frank W. A Pioneer’s Ballad of Days before the Grand Coulee Dam. N. p. : the author, 1961.
Portman, Sally. Smiling Country: A History of Methow Valley . Winthrop , WA : Sun Mountain, 1993. F897.M6 P67 1993
Waring, Guy. My Pioneer Past. Boston : B. Humphries, 1936. F897 .O4
Wilson, Bruce. Late Frontier. Okanogan : Okanogan Historical Society, 1990. F897 .O4 W54
Glimpses of pioneer life. A series of biographies, experiences and events intimately concerned with the settlement of Okanogan County , Washington . Okanogan : Okanogan Independent, 1924. F897 .O4 G52
Mazama, the Past 100 Years: Life and Events of the Upper Methow Valley and Early Winters. Seattle : Peanut Butter Publishing, 1997.
Trails and Tales of the Early Day Settlers of North-eastern Okanogan County . Colville : Statesman-Examiner, 1982. F897 .O4 T72 1982
Yakima
Biarke, Neils. Naches Pass Trail. Tacoma : Fern Hill Historical Society, 1942. F897 .Y18 B5
Holt, Howard P. Saddlebag Medicine. Yakima : Yakima Valley Museum Shop, 1984. R350 .Y35 H65 1984
Nelson, Jack. We Never Got Away. Yakima : Franklin Press, 1965. F897 .Y18 N4
Skinner, Barbara A. The Sandpile. Prosser: Barry Books, 2002. F897 .G736 S58 2002
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