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D34706-4
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- 1948-05-15 (Creation)
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Group of five descendents of Lewis and Clark expedition at home of Della Gould Emmons, Times, Mrs. MacDonald. Five descendents of three members of the Lewis and Clark expedition met in Tacoma Augusr 14, 1948, at the home of Della Emmons, author of "Sacajawea of the Shoshones" for a reunion of "tall tales of the west". L-R, Mrs. Albert Erickson, of Puyallup, great-great-grandchild of George Shannon, youngest of the Lewis and Clark men; William Jackson, of Seattle, son of Mrs. Erickson; Owen Buxton, of Kent, cousin of Sargeant Patrick Gass; Mrs. E.G. Eastman, great-great-grandchild of Sacajawea; and Robert E. Walton, of Tacoma, descendant of George Shannon. (T.Times, 8/21/1948, p.5; Follow-up story T.Times, 8/31/1948, p.6)
Jackson, William; Buxton, Owen; Walton, Robert E.; Expeditions & surveys--Washington (State); Lewis & Clark Expedition; Reunions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Group portraits;