How
and when was the old Bush
farmhouse
removed?
The house almost fell
down.
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Was
the old Bush farmhouse, built by
Owen
Bush, on the top of the hill in
1960?
- HERE
is another
news clipping
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Did
the settlers to Tumwater in
1845 have any inflence on the
placement of the Canadian-American
border
in 1846?
Many scholars are trying to resolve
this question.
- HERE
are some views on this subject.
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When
George Bush arrived in Tumwater,
did
he and his family begin building
their log house on Bush Prairie
immediately?
A temporary
house was built nearby by the
entire party.
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Bush
was
asked to care for the livestock
when the party reached The Dalles,
Oregon. How did George Bush
manage to cross the Columbia River
with many cows, oxen, and horses?
John Minto
travelled with George Bush from
The Dalles, Oregon, to
Washougal,
Washington, in March 1845.
Mr. Minto left many notes now in
the
care of the Oregon Historical
Society Library.
- HERE is the
story.
- HERE is
a map of
the crossing.
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Sapling or seed?
How did George Bush plant the
Butternut tree?
Paul Thomas, Iris White Heikell,
Georgiana Blankenship and Lenore
ZIontz
had differing views on the
matter of pioneer plant propagation.
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Was the
prairie land
south of Tumwater a natural prairie or
was it manmade?
The
Squaxin Island Tribe relied on Bush
Prairie for growing camas bulbs.
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