An illustrated history of the Big Bend country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams, and Franklin counties, state of Washington . the sonof Joseph and Mary (Gilmer) Schrock, na-tives of Virginia and pioneer settlers of Mis-souri. The public schools of his native coun-try furnished our subject with his educationaltraining and until 1881, his life was spent he crossed the plains in wagons, stoppingfor a short time in Walla Walla. It was inthe year, 1883, that he first settled in Douglascounty, taking a pre-emption and later a home-stead and a timber culture. In 1885, he boughtout Willia
An illustrated history of the Big Bend country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams, and Franklin counties, state of Washington . the sonof Joseph and Mary (Gilmer) Schrock, na-tives of Virginia and pioneer settlers of Mis-souri. The public schools of his native coun-try furnished our subject with his educationaltraining and until 1881, his life was spent he crossed the plains in wagons, stoppingfor a short time in Walla Walla. It was inthe year, 1883, that he first settled in Douglascounty, taking a pre-emption and later a home-stead and a timber culture. In 1885, he boughtout William H. Fleet, who built the first housein the Coulee. This property had been ownedby Jack Hardy, who was among the very firstwhite men to settle in tlife Big Bend Schrock has continued on this estate sincethose days and has applied himself somewhatto general farming but almost entirely to stockraising. He has a large holding in thorough-bred cattle, perhaps the finest on the range. Mr. Schrock has the following brothers andsisters, Andrew J., Mrs. Arbella Taylor, de-ceased, James, David, Joseph, Samuel, \\ EDWARD F. SCHROCK
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