Reminiscences of Washington Territory: Scenes, Incidents, and Reflections of the Pioneer Period on Puget Sound
Seattle: Privately printed, 1904.
8vo, 128 pp. Portrait. Original red cloth. Unusual staple binding, hinges worn.
§ Only edition, inscribed to relatives Mr and Mrs A. M. Prosch. The memoirs of Washington Territory pioneer Charles Prosch who arrived in Steilacoom in 1858. In this book (privately issued in a few copies), he recounts his experiences on the trip to Puget Sound; the beginnings of his "Puget Sound Herald"; early land speculations; defying the Hudson's Bay Co.; Fraser River gold rush; Rise and Fall of Whatcom (Bellingham); the San Juan war; Transcontinental railroad projects; early pioneers' "mob law" in the country, and much more. Item #125735
Price: $200.00