Abstract:
"Death Takes Aged Pioneer. Mrs. Virinda Longmire Was Last Woman Survivor of First Party to Cross the Naches. Had Lived in State Nearly Sixty Years. Was Founder of the Largest Family in Washington or Oregon of the Party Settlers in This Section. Mrs. Virinda Longmire aged 82 years, widow of James Longmire, died in North Yakima Monday about 4 o'clock p. m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Talatha Kandle, 113 South Seventh street. Mrs. Longmire was a member of the first party of white people who ever passed through this valley and was probably the last lady surviving of that original train."
