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George Bush (pioneer)

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276:. Bush bought six Conestoga wagons, equipping them with enough provisions for a year, and helped several families make the trip to Oregon. According to the Bush family history, Bush built a false bottom onto his wagon in which he hid over a hundred pounds of silver, worth about $ 2,000. The great-granddaughter of Bush claims that Bush had hidden $ 5,000 in silver dollars, some gold bricks, and $ 50 slugs. With him he brought many species of fruit and shade trees that he would plant in his farm at Bush Prairie. 38: 424: 364: 448: 327:. (Tumwater's official history gives most of the credit for its founding to Simmons and the other white settlers; and mentions only in passing one of the main founding fathers of Tumwater, George Bush) Bush and Michael Simmons built the area's first gristmill and sawmill in 1845, and Bush helped finance Simmons' logging company. Bush introduced the first mower and reaper to the area in 1856. 272:. Bush's navigation skills and knowledge of the western region, gained during his years as a trapper, made him the indispensable guide of the party. Isabella's training as a nurse was an important contribution as well. Bush and his family were also known to be very generous, purchasing supplies for their fellow travelers first in Missouri and later at great expense at 375:, many of whom he nursed through epidemics of measles and smallpox. He also extended remarkable generosity towards his fellow settlers, sharing grain with needy neighbors rather than selling it to speculators at great personal profit. One year, wheat was in short supply and Bush was offered an unheard-of price for his entire crop. His response was 754:
History of the Pacific Northwest: Oregon and Washington; embracing an account of the original discoveries on the Pacific coast of North America, and a description of the conquest, settlement and subjugation of the original territory of Oregon; also interesting biographies of the earliest settlers and
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The Bush-Simmons Party is credited by some historians as having been in large part responsible for bringing the land north of the Columbia River—the present-day state of Washington—into the United States. They established a presence that attracted other settlers and strengthened the American claim to
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of 1846 ended the joint administration north of the Columbia, placing Bush Prairie firmly in the United States. By staking an American claim to the area, Bush and his party had also brought Oregon's black American exclusion laws, clouding the title to their land; these laws would not have applied if
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In addition to their farm, the Bushes ran a roadside hotel for free. Wayfarers traveling between Cowlitz Landing and Puget Sound liked to stop there. It was open to anyone who came through the area. The Bushes would give visitors a good square meal and gave gifts of grain and fruit grown on the Bush
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A permanent monument to George Bush and his family on the Washington State Capitol campus was dedicated on November 19, 2021. This monument refers to the contributions of Mr. Bush and his son William Owen Bush to Washington Territory, Washington State, and what became Washington State University. A
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at the time and had adopted anti-miscegenation laws in 1821, but like his father's marriage, there is no evidence that his marriage was thought to be illegal at the time. Bush was a free man and had never been a slave, but, while he was of African and Irish descent, Missouri did not provide him the
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man. It is noted that the marriage was performed by John P. Smith, Justice of the Peace, who may have had an arrangement with Bush. Smith had been appointed Justice less than a month before Bush's marriage, immediately following the formation of Washington Township in May 1830. To qualify for the
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maid who also worked for Stevenson, and they married in 1778. Pennsylvania did not repeal its anti-miscegenation law until 1780, suggesting that Matthew Bush was either not considered black, or he was married under the care of Germantown Friends meeting in violation of the law. George's parents
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The original tree still towers over the old Bush homestead on Bush Prairie, in poor health but maintaining its standing as the largest of its kind in the state and one of the largest butternut trees in the nation, according to University of Washington forest ecologist and researcher Robert Van
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After years of lobbying by South Sound historians, including state Supreme Court Justice Gerry Alexander, state officials Tuesday planted a 16-foot butternut tree sapling that is a direct descendant of the seedling Bush brought west with him by wagon train from Missouri to the Tumwater area in
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Some sources state that his family lived in comfort there, while others suggest they faced increasing prejudice. Land records show they moved from the edge of Clay County to unorganized territory in what became Daviess County, and finally into unclaimed territory north of
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The tree is a direct descendant of a seedling brought west on Bush's wagon and planted in 1845 at the Bush homestead on Bush Prairie. The original tree was one of the largest, and likely the oldest, living butternut trees in the United States when it died in 2021.
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formation of the township they had to certify to the Secretary of State "that there were at least 95 taxable inhabitants in the township upon its creation," including George Bush, whose 1828 land purchase was within Washington Township boundaries.
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Although Bush is widely known today by his ostensible full name of George Washington Bush, doubt has been cast on if "Washington" actually was his middle name, or was added later through mistaken conflation with fellow African-American pioneer
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When he was about twenty years old, Bush moved to Illinois where he entered the cattle business for the first time. In about 1820 Bush moved his cattle business to Missouri where he remained for the next twenty years.
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Historians have noted how Bush's experience exemplifies the interdependence and interconnection of people from different racial groups on the western frontier, as well as the ugliness of racial prejudice.
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to give the Bushes unambiguous ownership of their land, which it did in 1855. Bush was thus among the first African-American landowners in Washington State.
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Bush died in Tumwater on April 5, 1863. Isabella James Bush died September 12, 1866. Bush was buried in Tumwater, Washington at Union Cemetery, now a city
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Earlier DNA testing indicates that the pure strain tree is likely the oldest living butternut in the United States — and possibly anywhere, Gleason said.
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barring black persons, slave or free, from entering the Oregon Territory on penalty of lashing. As a result, Bush and his party traveled north across the
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did a series of five paintings depicting George Bush's journey by wagon train from Missouri to Bush Prairie. The paintings are in the collection of the
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Grier, Patricia E. "The George W. Bush You Don't Know: A Real Hero Who Knew How To Get The Job Done!" Take Pride! Community Magazine, October 1, 2006
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in 1832, Joseph T in 1833, Riley B in 1836, Henry S in 1840, January J in 1844, all in Missouri, and Lewis Nisqually in 1847 in the new territory.
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more prominent men and women of the Pacific Northwest, including a description of the climate, soil, productions of Oregon and Washington
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called Bush/Union/Pioneer Calvary Cemetery. The cemetery is listed on the national, state and city registers of historic places.
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copy of this monument will be installed on the campus of Washington State University at Tri-Cities in Richland, Washington.
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Scott. Leslie M. "Soil repair lessons in the Willamette Valley," Oregon Historical Quarterly, XVIII (March 1917), pp 59, 66
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Aspler, Alfred, "Mulato founder of Bush Prairie troubled by racial prejudice," Tacoma Sunday Ledger, January 31, 1954.
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The Bushes and the other five families established a settlement, named Bush Prairie, at the southernmost tip of
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served Stevenson until his death. Stevenson had no other family and so left the Bushes a substantial fortune.
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the area in later debates between Great Britain and the United States over partitioning the Oregon Country.
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may have helped the settlers gain access where the company had previously barred Americans from settling.
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George Bush lived out the rest of his life in Washington. He maintained excellent relations with local
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By the time the Bush-Simmons party reached the Oregon Country over four months later, the
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and educated in Philadelphia. Bush's African American father, Matthew Bush, was born in
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Their six sons carried on their tradition of farming and public service. The eldest,
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In 1844, Bush and his family (along with five other families including his friend
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was formed in 1853, one of the first actions of the Territorial Legislature in
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Sketch of George W. Bush by Sam Patrick, 1969. Courtesy Henderson House Museum.
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McLagan, Elizabeth (1980). "Peculiar Paradise, A History of Blacks In Oregon".
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An Act for the Relief of George Bush, of Thurston County, Washington Territory
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was hired to establish a trading post at the Blacksnake Hills (which became
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The Wind-Breaker – George Washington Bush: Black Pioneer of the Northwest
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The family had nine boys, of which six survived past infancy, including
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Washington's History: The People, Land, and Events of the Far Northwest
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merchant named Stevenson for most of his life. At Stevenson's home in
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Biographical Sketches of Black Pioneers and Settlers of the Northwest
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Research paper – "Nobody Actually Knows What George Bush Looked Like"
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Memories and experiences at the old ancestral home on Bush Prairie
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City of Tumwater official website. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
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History Takes Root: Tree Sapling From Pioneer George Bush ...
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Fort Vancouver National Historic Site–George Washington Bush
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headquartered in St. Louis, then spent several years in the
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Ayer, John Edwin (1916-01-01). "George Bush, Voyageur".
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Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (February 1999).
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Olsen, Winnifred; Stevenson, Shanna (19 January 2007).
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the territory were under the British Empire. When the
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Washington
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Pennsylvania
Quaker
India
English
Philadelphia
Irish
Andrew Jackson
War of 1812
Battle of New Orleans
voyageur
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Joseph Robidoux IV
Oregon Country
Hudson's Bay Company
Robidoux
St. Joseph, Missouri
Baptist
German
slave state
white
St. Joseph
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