. A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away. his chief source of recreationfrom the arduous demands of a profession, which is making greater andgreater claims upon his time, but whose successful practice has given himstanding among the foremost representatives of medical science in the city. ERASMUS M. SMITHERS. The gentleman whose life history we now take briefly under re\iewhas the distinction of being one of the honored pioneers of the Pacific coastand the fo
. A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away. his chief source of recreationfrom the arduous demands of a profession, which is making greater andgreater claims upon his time, but whose successful practice has given himstanding among the foremost representatives of medical science in the city. ERASMUS M. SMITHERS. The gentleman whose life history we now take briefly under re\iewhas the distinction of being one of the honored pioneers of the Pacific coastand the founder of the attractive and thriving little city of Renton, Kingcounty, Washington, since he settled on the land where the town is nowlocated in 1853, his farm being fifteen miles distant from what is now thegreat city of Seattle, while at the time of his location here there was nota white settler other than himself at a point nearer than the city mentioned,which was then a mere frontier settlement. In a retrospecti\e way thoseof the present generation may gain from the narratives and reminiscencesof Mr. Smithers an idea of the wonderful transitions that have taken place.
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