Notes in inventory: Preston, Wash. Delivering piano on sled to Alex Forsberg .<br><br>Preston is a community east of Issaquah on the Raging River in central King County. The town once had a sawmill. It was named by Daniel H. Gilman, for his associate in building the Seattle, Lake Shore &amp; Eastern Railway through the area, William T. Preston. Mr. Preston served as the district engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War One and was responsible for the construction of Fort Ward on Bainbridge Island.     <br><br>PH Coll 291.333
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Pianos; Sleds &amp; sleighs--Washington (State)--Preston; Horse teams--Washington (State)--Preston; Dwellings--Washington (State)--Preston; People; Railroad tracks--Washington (State)--Preston</li>
<li>Subjects (LCSH): Delivery of goods--Washington (State)--Preston</li></ul>
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42319410" class="extiw" title="d:Q42319410"><span title='"American, born ca. 1864. Photographer"'>Alvin H. Waite</span></a>
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16 July 1907<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1907-07-16T00:00:00Z/11</div>
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