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A drawing of the Almota House, located in Almota, Washington, and owned and operated by Henry H. Spalding. According to a Washington State University link: (<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/5984/id/56">http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/5984/id/56</a>) This "scene is depicting pedestrians, horse and carriage, and the Spaulding's home. As well as being proprietor of the Almota House, Spaulding was pastor of a church; the school superintendent of Linn county, OR, in 1849-50; territorial commissioner of common schools for Oregon in 1850-55; one of the first trustees of Whitman Seminary, now Whitman College, at Walla Walla, in 1859; and was United States Indian agent from 1850-1853." Names: Spalding, Henry H.</div>
1889<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1889-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69494133" class="extiw" title="d:Q69494133"><span title="public library system in Washington, USA">Whitman County Library</span></a> as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Public_Library_of_America" class="extiw" title="w:Digital Public Library of America">Digital Public Library of America</a>, via its partner Northwest Digital Heritage.<span style="text-align:left">
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cdm17176.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/whitman/id/4077">Record in source catalog</a></li>
<li>DPLA identifier: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dp.la/item/0800a085358ecb031cfdbac14483eb12">0800a085358ecb031cfdbac14483eb12</a></li>
<li>Whitman County Library identifier: WCLRW418</li></ul></span>