Black Pioneers, ca. 1890
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Citation
“Black Pioneers, ca. 1890,” Brooks Library Digital Collections, accessed May 20, 2013, http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/7064.
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Title
Black Pioneers, ca. 1890
Subject
African-American; Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History
Description
Many African-American families left poor social and economic conditions to seek new oportumitiesin the coal mines of the Pacific Northwest. This family from Alabama was related to Lula Echols who was born in Alabama in 1878 and arrived in Roslyn in 1907 with her husband Moses P. Echols and two daughters, Octavia and Maude.
Source
Ellensburg Public Library
Date
ca. 1890
Contributor
Ellensburg Public Library
Rights
Permission to reproduce this image must be requested from the director of the Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection.
Format
Scanned photographic print 2001, DPI-, JPEG, with a Microtek Scanmaker 6400 XL.
Type
Photograph
Coverage
Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn