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A7196-1
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- 1938-04 (Creation)
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W. H. McCormick, left, president of the Washington State Historical Society, and W.P. Bonney, right, secretary of the Society, deposit five hundred specially minted Oregon Trail memorial half dollars with Guy T. Pierce, Vice president of the National Bank of Washington, for safe keeping on April 19, 1938. The coins were given to the Society by Oregon Trail Memorial Association. The only condition is that the Society sell the coins and use the proceeds to erect a tribute on the grave of Ezra Meeker in Puyallup. The Memorial Association is indebted to Meeker for his popularization of the trail with his 1906 recreation of the 2200 mile pioneer journey to the west and his many writings on the subject. The first 100 coins will be sold at $1.50 each and the remainder at $2.00. (T. Times 4/20/1938, pg. 10)
McCormick, W.H.; Bonney, William P.; Washington State Historical Society (Tacoma); Pierce, Guy T.; Coins;