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D730-A
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- 1936-11-15 (Creation)
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Eighty three years after their immigrant train came to Puget Sound via the Naches Pass, Lee H. Baker and George H. Himes returned to part of the old trail. The men are the sole survivors of the 132 member group who arrived in this area in 1853. Standing with Mr. Baker and Mr. Himes are William P. Bonney, secretary of the Washington State Historical Society (far right), Ira S. Davisson, longtime Public Utilities Commissioner and Tacoma Times columnist E.T. Short (both back row). The two women, including one carrying a box camera under her arm, were not identified. Mr. Baker and Mr. Himes arrived in the Puget Sound region as small boys. They shared memories of their trip with others in the pictured group. Mr. Baker, 88, is a retired Portland educator and Mr. Himes, 93, is the secretary of the Oregon Historical Society. (T.Times, 11-19-36, p. 24)
Pioneers; Baker, Lee H.; Himes, George H.; Bonney, William P.; Davisson, Ira; Short, Edgar T.;