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“ Mother often spoke of those days at China Slough and said among her nearest neighbors were several women, whose husbands later became the wealthiest R.R. (railroad) magnates in the state, who could be seen washing in their backyards every Monday morning. All envied Mrs. Goodsell as being the owner of the only sewing machine in the camp. ”
Martha E. Goodsell Botsford
arrived in 1849 from Massachusetts