Daughter of the Olympic Wilderness - The Life and Times of Pansy Martin Snell
Few survived the cultural cataclysm visited on the tribes of the Northwest Coast in the last
half of the 19 th century. One such woman who grew up in the “Dark Decade” of the 1880s is
mentioned in history books, not by name, but as the Indian wife of the white mountain man,
Billie Snell. Her mention is a mere historical fragment, an inaudible whisper from a distant
past. Using over 80 vintage photos, census data, genealogical records, maps, legal documents,
homestead and border crossing records, passenger lists, the writing of contemporaries and
interviews with descendants, Daughter of the Olympic Wilderness amplifies that whisper to
tell the story of the life and times of Pansy Martin Snell.
Few survived the cultural cataclysm visited on the tribes of the Northwest Coast in the last
half of the 19 th century. One such woman who grew up in the “Dark Decade” of the 1880s is
mentioned in history books, not by name, but as the Indian wife of the white mountain man,
Billie Snell. Her mention is a mere historical fragment, an inaudible whisper from a distant
past. Using over 80 vintage photos, census data, genealogical records, maps, legal documents,
homestead and border crossing records, passenger lists, the writing of contemporaries and
interviews with descendants, Daughter of the Olympic Wilderness amplifies that whisper to
tell the story of the life and times of Pansy Martin Snell.
Specifications
ISBN:
9781578338566
Date Added:
November 2023
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