Supplina Ward 'Ward' Hamilton 1918 Draft Registration Card. Nespelem, Okanogan CO., WA

October 22, 2005

S. Ward Hamilton was a son of Judd and Annettie Hamilton. Judd was a son of Supplina and Sarah Jane 'Jane' Hamilton. Ward lists his date of birth as Jan. 19, 1897. Age 21 and living in Nespelem, WA. He lists his nearest relative as his father, Judd Hamilton in Nespelem. His employer as Pete Jonason in Almira, WA. (<strong>Note:</strong> Almira was the nearest rail head for Nespelem. It was 35 miles away but it had stage and freight links with Nespelem.) The Hamilton's store in Nespelem, The Blue Goose, was a stage coach stop. Farmers took their crops and cattle to Almira to ship out to market. The trip to Almira required a decent of over 900 feet to the Columbia River, a ferry crossing, and then a long climb up out of the coulees gaining over 1000 feet in elevation before reaching Almira along the Old Coulee Road. Here's a link to a photo of the <a href="http://www.town.almira.wa.us/images/p_tr.jpg" target="_top">Almira rail head</a> in 1920).

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