Biographies - Transcript.
Date
1951
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Abstract
"At the time of establishing Fort Simcoe, R. H. Lansdale was general superintendent located at The Dalles. A. A. Bancroft became the first resident agent, and that was in 1861. In 1861 James H. Wilbur became superintendent of schools. It is generally said that there was much graft and dishonesty in those first short administrations. To a man like Father Wilbur anything short of complete rectitude was so obnoxious that he had no hesitation in making his sentiments known. The results was that he was fired as superintendent of schools. He went to Washington, laid the whole case before President Lincoln and did it with such effect that he returned with a commission as agent in his pocket."
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18 page typed transcription, created by Click Relander.
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Fort Simcoe, W. T.