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Metadata
Catalog Number |
MATSURA7599 |
Subjects |
Automobiles Men Clothing |
Description |
The 10/20/1911 Okanogan Independent reported "Local Pathfinders 'Hit The Trail'" which described the trip of the first automobile to go from town of Okanogan to Condon's Ferry. The photo's would have been taken on Oct. 16, 1911. The water behind and below the group is Big Goose Lake. Harry Folmsbee is in the car on the left made the trip all the way to Condon's Ferry while other two cars turned around at Cold Springs. Folmsbee's car was an EMF (Everitt, Metzger & Flanders) make. One of the cars that turned around was an EMF owned by John Forsyth. Ira Freer owned the Locomobile (on far right) which also turned around. Fifteen men started the trip with five making it to the ferry. |
Photographer |
Matsura, Frank S |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Year Range from |
1903 |
Year Range to |
1913 |
People |
Folmsbee, Harry A. Freer, Ira Forsyth, John William Hansen, Claus E. Baker, Arthur Leigh McGuin, F. A. Pratt, George B. Nelson, Samuel F. Stark, Harry E. Towne, Fred H. Kerr, Harry Jefferson Muldrow, William C. (Bill) Everett, Johnson Richard Matsura, Frank S. Brown, William Compton |
Place |
Colville Indian Reservation-Okanogan-Okanogan County-Washington (state) |
Classification |
Transportation |
Relation |
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Related Publications |
Okanogan County Heritage Vol 57 No 2 |
Legal Status |
No known copyright. Item is public domain as it was published prior to 1923. |
Copyright |
If using this photograph, please give credit to: Okanogan County Historical Society. Please notify us of your use so that we may add it to our catalog. |