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A7063-2
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- 1938-02-03 (Creation)
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Louis L. Covey, on his 81st birthday, likes to shock passing motorists by vaulting over the five foot fence that surrounds his 90 acre place in Puyallup. Covey is a veteran of the Old West, who came to the Northwest in 1880 on horseback. Born in New Erie, Pa., he travelled to the west where he fought Indians and tamed horses. Called "Buffalo Bill" by his closest friends, Mr. Covey has been a Pierce County resident since 1894. He has worked as a plumber, carpenter and blacksmith. He helped built some of Tacoma's first sidewalks in 1901-02. When not jumping fences, he relaxes on his small farm with his 74 year old wife, his partner since 1906. They raise some pigs, chickens and a cow. Mr. Covey died March 21, 1942 just short of his 86th birthday. He was survived by his wife and son. (T. Times 3/25/1938, pg. 2; obituary article T. Times 3/24/1942, pg. 4)
Aged persons--Puyallup--1930-1940; Covey, Louis L.;