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Peter Crawford (22 November 1818 – 10 June 1889) was a Scottish-born land surveyor who was a prominent pioneer in the Pacific Northwest.He founded Kelso, Washington and platted numerous towns in the Oregon Territory which later became the states of Oregon and Washington.
Admiral Sir Wilfrid Rupert Patterson KCB CVO CBE (20 November 1893 – 15 December 1954) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. He was the Commodore Commanding His Majesty's Australian Squadron from September to November 1939.
Utterson-Kelso was later awarded a Bar to his DSO, with the Bar's citation reading: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the 91/2 miles advance east of Ypres from 28th September to 5th October, 1918. His battalion was one of the leading assault battalions in a five miles advance on to the southern end of Passhendaele Ridge.
European explorers discovered and began navigating the Columbia River in 1792 as British Lieutenant W. R. Broughton sailed up the river to and past present day Cowlitz County. Then on November 5, 1805, Lewis and Clark camped at the mouth of the Kalama River. Over the following days, they would reach the present sites of Kelso and Longview.
Patterson quickly withdrew his name, and Wilson appointed Gabe E. Parker, the first white man to hold the position in fifteen years, to the Register of the Treasury, leaving African-Americans dismayed. [4] In 1919, the office of the Register became the Public Debt Service which, in 1940, became the Bureau of the Public Debt.
John Russell Kelso (March 23, 1831 – January 26, 1891) was a nineteenth-century American politician, author, lecturer and school principal from Missouri. Biography [ edit ]
Timothy Davis – postmaster of Pattersonville (became Patterson in 1887) May 3, 1882 – December 30, 1892 [11] Anna M. Dumas – postmaster of Covington November 15, 1872 – June 18, 1885 [ 11 ] Pierre Caliste Landry – postmaster of Donaldsonville March 3, 1871 – May 25, 1875 (also Louisiana House, Louisiana Senate, mayor) [ 11 ]
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