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Item "Double Your Money." Fundraising request from Yakima Valley Museum.(1954-09-17) Purdin, Walter J.Enclosure" "A WORD ON MEMORIAL GIFTS. There are indications that many persons would like to make substantial contributions in the memory of some pioneer family or remembered individual. In line with this, a Memorial Bronze Placque, will be erected in the foyer of the new Museum. A permanent record for all to see." Additional enclosure: "Double Your Money" brochure.Item Fundraising letter from Yakima Valley Museum. "WE'VE GOT TO GO ON."(1954-09-13) Purdin, Walter J."WE'VE GOT TO GO ON because we have been offered a provisional grant of $65,000 from the Alexander Miller estate, providing we of the Yakima Valley can raise a matching amount plus an adequate sum for the maintenance fo the building for five years."Item Invitation to the big Pioneer Supper from Yakima Valley Museum.(1954-09-02) Purdin, Walter J."This is going to be a real old fashioned supper served family style, along with a lot of fun and entertainment."Item Letter from Yakima Valley Museum, "within the next sixty days, we will be able to announce that negotiations for a site have been completed."(1956-02-01) Smith, Richard C.; Purdin, Walter J."The architect has been retained and is working on preliminary building sketches. Formal plans will be commenced as soon as Mr. L. J. Shadbolt, building chairman, returns on March 1st. We expect to be able to call for contracts early in the spring so that we can start building."Item A Report Upon Fort Na-chess.(UNKNOWN, 1960) Purdin, Walter J."Fort Na-chess was commonly known as the Basket Fort. Its location on the Naches River is at the place where the old Indian Trail crossed. This trail led from Canada to California. It was used by the Indians for many years crossing the Columbia at Celilo. The trail from Goldendale to Fort Simcoe was called the Eel Trail because of the Eel Rocks of Indian legend. Sometimes the whole trail was called the Eel Trail."Item A report upon Fort Na-Chess.(UNPUBLISHED, 1955) Purdin, Walter J.History behind Fort Na-chess, with a mind to getting a suitable marker "placed on Highway No. 410 where the old trail crossed the river at Basket Fort." Described as "a field work of earth and gabions," the fort was constructed in 1856, one year after the Yakima Indian Treaty, by Col. Wright as a place for his men to stay before Fort Simcoe was built.Item Update on the status of the Yakima Valley Museum.(1956) Purdin, Walter J.; Tippio, Alda J."What the board wants now is to alert the public to what is coming and the nature of the task before us. It is not an easy task but, nevertheless, it is one in which the board has the utmost confidence of accomplishing. It cannot conceive of the Yakima people letting this opportunity go by of bringing about a project which is most needed as a civic advancement."