Relander, Click2018-07-252018-07-251954-03-27REO-001-06-037http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11867/90642 sheets 8.5 x 11 inch carbon copy of original, which was sent to recipient. Typed."Fort Simcoe was built in the Yakima Valley in 1856, during the Yakima Indian War, by Gen. Robert Selden Garnett. He went east in 1856 and married Mariana Nelson, daughter of George S. Nelson (at New York) She and her baby son, Arthur, died in 1858, in September, while he was absent from the fort on an Indian campaign. Then we have a newspaper reference from the New York Herald, December 1, 1858 and Nov. 29. One contains reference to the arrival of the Mail Steamship Illinois, arriving with bodies of wife and son."No Known Copyright The organization that has made the Item available reasonably believes that the Item is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.Fort Simcoe, W. T.