African American Pioneers

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Document Type

Image

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Creation Date

1890

Description

Many African-American families left poor social and economic conditions to seek new oportumitiesin the coal mines of the Pacific Northwest. This family from Alabama was related to Lula Echols who was born in Alabama in 1878 and arrived in Roslyn in 1907 with her husband Moses P. Echols and two daughters, Octavia and Maude.

Comments

Scanned photographic print 2001, DPI-, JPEG, with a Microtek Scanmaker 6400 XL.

Recommended Citation

"African American Pioneers" (1890). Roslyn African American History Photographs. 94.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/roslyn_african_american_history/94

Approximate Date

circa 1890

Spatial Coverage (for ex: Ellensburg, WA)

Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Source

Ellensburg Public Library

Format

image/jpg