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George Henry Himes (May 18, 1844January 6, 1940) was an Oregon pioneer and the first curator of the Oregon Historical Society. His collection of diaries and notebooks preserved the details of the lives and experiences of many pioneers. He is the namesake of George Himes Park in Portland, Oregon, United States, and was the namesake of a World War II era Liberty Ship. ==Early life== Himes was born in 1844 near Troy, Pennsylvania, in the community of Leroy Township. His parents were Tyrus Himes and Emeline Holcombe, and soon after George's birth they attended a lecture by Samuel Parker recounting his experiences in the Oregon Country. In April, 1847, the family joined a wagon train heading from Pennsylvania to the Oregon Country. Emeline Himes became sick along the route, and they stopped in La Fayette, Illinois to seek medical help. While waiting for his wife to recover, Tyrus Himes opened a shoe making business. Later he filed a claim on an abandoned land grant in La Fayette and began farming. In March, 1853, the family continued west in a 32-wagon caravan under the direction of James Biles. Biles chose the difficult Naches Pass, and the train arrived in the lower Puget Sound where Tyrus filed a Donation Land Claim for 640 acres near Olympia.〔''Dee'' p. 21-29, 53〕〔Gaston recorded a 320-acre land claim.〕 George worked on the farm and attended school during the winter months. His formal education lasted from 1854 to 1859. He began keeping a diary in 1858, and his lifetime of diaries and notebooks would later become a central part of the George H. Himes papers at the Oregon Historical Society. He married Anna Riggs in 1866, and the couple had 11 children, although many of the children died before maturity.〔''Dee'' p. 88〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George H. Himes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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