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BOLAND-B10731
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- 1924-08-19 (Creation)
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Northwest pioneer Willis Boatman,97, (right) and his son J.W. Boatman, 70, of Puyallup at a family reunion celebrating the son's birthday. The senior Mr. Boatman was born in 1826. He married Mary Richardson in 1851 and the pair set out to travel by wagon from Illinois to Portland, Oregon. They then travelled to Steilacoom, where they ran a boarding house, and later settled on a claim near Puyallup in 1854. They were driven from their home in 1855 by hostile Indians and remained away for two years before returning to the Puyallup Valley to raise their nine children. Mr. Boatman was one of the area's first hop growers, beginning in 1874. He helped to organize the first bank in Puyallup, the Puyallup State Bank. The senior Mr. Boatman died January 2, 1926 in his sleep at the age of 99. G1.1-024 (TNT 8/21/1924, pg. 11)
Boatman, Willis; Pioneers--Puyallup; Boatman, J.W.;