Transcription from front: “H. H. Spalding, born 1803. To bro(?) Dickenson with love.” Transcription from back: ““H. H. Spalding born Nov 26 1803 Bath N.Y. Educated W. R. Col. & Lane Sem. O. Married to Eliza Hart 1833 ordained by Bath Presbtery 1835 _ with his wife of A. B. C. F. M. & in comp. with Dr. & Mrs. Whitman crossed the mts in 1836, first white women to cross which established the Grt. Emgrt. Route, which set the coast with Am. Settlement & this country. Estab. first press and print. first book on this coast 1839, saw God’s word with simple means[.] Change a savage tribe in 11 yrs to a church & school going & Sabbath loving people 100 converted, 234 in schools, 25,000 bushels grain raised yearly.”
Transcription from front: “E. M. Sammis, Olympia Wa.” Transcription from back: “First photographer in Olympia W. T. Later moved into Idaho and never returned to Oregon or Washington.”
Transcription from back: “Jamie Frenchmen Smith, a friend of Mama’s who was in school with her at the seminary in Ore. City. Her father-in-law had a foundry in Ore. City in the early days. Her husband was her stepbrother.”
Transcription from back: “Hon. William Wallace Thayer (Governor). Crossed the plains 1862. Sixth governor of State of Oregon 1878-1882. Chief Justice of Oregon State Supreme Court 1888-1890. See “History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon” page 278.”
Transcription from back: “Don’t know who this is. First Premium at the Oregon State Fair, 1880, for the best Cabinets and Cards awarded to H. S. Shuster, Court St. Salem, Oregon.”
