Published In
Columbia Magazine
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1994
Subjects
African Americans -- West (U.S.) -- Biography, Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Abstract
A biography of pioneer George Washington Bush is presented. A free mulatto, information on Bush's childhood and birth date are uncertain. Believed to have been raised in Pennsylvania and educated under Quaker influence, Bush was literate and worked in the cattle business before moving to Oregon with his wife and children in 1844. Bush encountered various forms of racism, but was not deterred by pioneer life and by 1850 the family farm in the Tumwater, Washington area was thriving.
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http://columbia.washingtonhistory.org/anthology/settlers/georgeBush.aspx
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/29558
Citation Details
Millner, Darrell. "George Bush of Tumwater: Founder of the First American Colony on Puget Sound." Columbia Magazine. 4.8 (Winter 1994-1995): 14-19.
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