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P19220Description
Hand drawn rendition of the residence of Judge Sidney S. Ford, Chehalis, Washington Territory, 1859. 7x9, browntone, copied by Karen Johnson for LCHM. Drawing is by James Gilchrist Swan, who came to Shoalwater Bay (now Willapa Bay) Washington Territory circa 1850. Swan wrote several pamphlets and books about his time in Washington. He also served as secretary to Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens during the early 1850s; this sketch was made during his travels with Stevens, while negotiating with various Indian tribes. Sketch is from the book "Cha-tic", a collection of Swan's drawings in the collection of Yale University.
Although Swan captions this sketch as "Chehalis", he meant the Chehalis River, as Sidney Ford's house was actually just north of Centralia, on what is now called Ford's Prairie.Collection
DrawingCataloged By
Pat KasprowskiMade/Created
Studio
C.R. WilliamsDate made
1859Place
Location
Centralia, WashingtonLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsCreate Date
April 27, 2005Update Date
August 21, 2024