Thurston County And Its Agriculture

Author : Georgiana Mitchell Blankenship
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230226606
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Early History of Thurston County, Washington; Together with Biographies and Reminiscences of Those Identified with Pioneer Days written by Georgiana Mitchell Blankenship and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... GEORGE D. SHANNON Among the men most prominently identified with the financial development of Olympia was George D. Shannon, who was one of the leading spirits in the organization of the Olympia Light & Power Company. Mr. Shannon sank a very comfortable fortune in this enterprise, which, although disastrous in the eventual outcome to the original promoters, was one of the most important steps ever taken in Olympia's development. In the year 1870 Mr. Shannon was appointed superintendent of construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad, when that line was being built between Kalama and Tacoma, and at that time came to Olympia to make his home. After spending a few years in the city, he became the owner of the magnificent farm of 11,000 acres on the Nesqually bottom. Here he lived for about twenty years lavishly entertaining the foremost men of the State, and being generally regarded as a prince of good fellows, highly respected and liked for his sterling qualities. In the late '80s Mr. Shannon, with others organized the Olympia Light & Power Co., and was also one of the original incorporators of the First National Bank of Olympia, of which institution he was a trustee at the time of his death. Soon after Mr. Shannon's arrival in Olympia he became the warm personal friend of Governor E. P. Ferry, and through that executive was appointed a member of the State Building Committee and was acting on the Board of Trustees of the Western Washington Hospital for Insane at tho time the main hospital building was erected. While on a visit to the World's Exposition of 1876, Mr. Shannon was married to Miss Mary A. Kennedy, of Cleveland, Ohio, and brought his bride to the West with him upon his return. George D. Shannon was a native of New York, and was...