DT Data Page #

31

Newspaper

Daily Humboldt Times

Newspaper Date

1/24/1878

Page #

3

Item Type

Death report

Place

Orleans Bar

Text

William Burnell passed away on the 18th. He came in 1851 and established the first ferry at Orleans Bar. He also planted the first potatoes from which fact the Indians called "potato Wauqie". The lived at Martins Ferry.

Key Words

William Burnell, Martins Ferry

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