SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETERAN
Charles and Lydia Miller came to Kittitas valley in April 1908 from New Carlisle, Indiana. No information is available on why they chose Kittitas valley in Washington state to settle. It is told they homesteaded in the west part of the valley. Today a road named Miller Road, off the Thorp Highway, leads to the ranches that belonged to the Miller family.
Charles and Lydia had a family of seven children. The oldest boy, William D., was already established in Montana. The second son, John Sherman (usually called "Sherm") arrived in the valley at a later date. At the age of seventeen he had enlisted because of the Spanish-American War. In 1897 he was stationed in the Philippines.
After the war he spent some time working on ranches in the southwest. The younger children Jake, Alton (known as Wheeler), Jonas, Jess and Lucy accompanied their parents to this area.
Trap lines, in Robinson Canyon, were a profitable hobby for Charles who was also an avid hunter. Lydia passed away in 1927. Jonas and Jake never married but lived with their father until his death in 1941. Wheeler, a talented mechanic and machinist, moved an old church building to the ranch for a black smith shop. Wheeler built his own house on the homestead near his parents' home. Sherm married Anna Stickney in 1914. They farmed a place close to his folks, on the road to Robinson Canyon. Today the cemetery called Memorial Estates lies on part of that property. Anna and "Sherm" Miller had eight children: Hazel, Grace, Esther, Leonard, Lawrence, Ralph, Florence and Don.
Jonas and Wheeler built their own well drilling rigs, and drilled wells in the valley for ranchers, over a period of forty years or more. On the side they developed and used gold mining equipment. To this very day, China Bar on the columbia River bears scars of their power shovel diggings. [Submitted by Dorna K. Miller Nelson for A History of Kittitas County, Washington, 1989].
1860 Indiana census records indicate that Charles was born in Michigan, not Indiana, as family records state.
Charles and Lydia Miller came to Kittitas valley in April 1908 from New Carlisle, Indiana. No information is available on why they chose Kittitas valley in Washington state to settle. It is told they homesteaded in the west part of the valley. Today a road named Miller Road, off the Thorp Highway, leads to the ranches that belonged to the Miller family.
Charles and Lydia had a family of seven children. The oldest boy, William D., was already established in Montana. The second son, John Sherman (usually called "Sherm") arrived in the valley at a later date. At the age of seventeen he had enlisted because of the Spanish-American War. In 1897 he was stationed in the Philippines.
After the war he spent some time working on ranches in the southwest. The younger children Jake, Alton (known as Wheeler), Jonas, Jess and Lucy accompanied their parents to this area.
Trap lines, in Robinson Canyon, were a profitable hobby for Charles who was also an avid hunter. Lydia passed away in 1927. Jonas and Jake never married but lived with their father until his death in 1941. Wheeler, a talented mechanic and machinist, moved an old church building to the ranch for a black smith shop. Wheeler built his own house on the homestead near his parents' home. Sherm married Anna Stickney in 1914. They farmed a place close to his folks, on the road to Robinson Canyon. Today the cemetery called Memorial Estates lies on part of that property. Anna and "Sherm" Miller had eight children: Hazel, Grace, Esther, Leonard, Lawrence, Ralph, Florence and Don.
Jonas and Wheeler built their own well drilling rigs, and drilled wells in the valley for ranchers, over a period of forty years or more. On the side they developed and used gold mining equipment. To this very day, China Bar on the columbia River bears scars of their power shovel diggings. [Submitted by Dorna K. Miller Nelson for A History of Kittitas County, Washington, 1989].
1860 Indiana census records indicate that Charles was born in Michigan, not Indiana, as family records state.
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETERAN
Charles and Lydia Miller came to Kittitas valley in April 1908 from New Carlisle, Indiana. No information is available on why they chose Kittitas valley in Washington state to settle. It is told they homesteaded in the west part of the valley. Today a road named Miller Road, off the Thorp Highway, leads to the ranches that belonged to the Miller family.
Charles and Lydia had a family of seven children. The oldest boy, William D., was already established in Montana. The second son, John Sherman (usually called "Sherm") arrived in the valley at a later date. At the age of seventeen he had enlisted because of the Spanish-American War. In 1897 he was stationed in the Philippines.
After the war he spent some time working on ranches in the southwest. The younger children Jake, Alton (known as Wheeler), Jonas, Jess and Lucy accompanied their parents to this area.
Trap lines, in Robinson Canyon, were a profitable hobby for Charles who was also an avid hunter. Lydia passed away in 1927. Jonas and Jake never married but lived with their father until his death in 1941. Wheeler, a talented mechanic and machinist, moved an old church building to the ranch for a black smith shop. Wheeler built his own house on the homestead near his parents' home. Sherm married Anna Stickney in 1914. They farmed a place close to his folks, on the road to Robinson Canyon. Today the cemetery called Memorial Estates lies on part of that property. Anna and "Sherm" Miller had eight children: Hazel, Grace, Esther, Leonard, Lawrence, Ralph, Florence and Don.
Jonas and Wheeler built their own well drilling rigs, and drilled wells in the valley for ranchers, over a period of forty years or more. On the side they developed and used gold mining equipment. To this very day, China Bar on the columbia River bears scars of their power shovel diggings. [Submitted by Dorna K. Miller Nelson for A History of Kittitas County, Washington, 1989].
1860 Indiana census records indicate that Charles was born in Michigan, not Indiana, as family records state.
Charles and Lydia Miller came to Kittitas valley in April 1908 from New Carlisle, Indiana. No information is available on why they chose Kittitas valley in Washington state to settle. It is told they homesteaded in the west part of the valley. Today a road named Miller Road, off the Thorp Highway, leads to the ranches that belonged to the Miller family.
Charles and Lydia had a family of seven children. The oldest boy, William D., was already established in Montana. The second son, John Sherman (usually called "Sherm") arrived in the valley at a later date. At the age of seventeen he had enlisted because of the Spanish-American War. In 1897 he was stationed in the Philippines.
After the war he spent some time working on ranches in the southwest. The younger children Jake, Alton (known as Wheeler), Jonas, Jess and Lucy accompanied their parents to this area.
Trap lines, in Robinson Canyon, were a profitable hobby for Charles who was also an avid hunter. Lydia passed away in 1927. Jonas and Jake never married but lived with their father until his death in 1941. Wheeler, a talented mechanic and machinist, moved an old church building to the ranch for a black smith shop. Wheeler built his own house on the homestead near his parents' home. Sherm married Anna Stickney in 1914. They farmed a place close to his folks, on the road to Robinson Canyon. Today the cemetery called Memorial Estates lies on part of that property. Anna and "Sherm" Miller had eight children: Hazel, Grace, Esther, Leonard, Lawrence, Ralph, Florence and Don.
Jonas and Wheeler built their own well drilling rigs, and drilled wells in the valley for ranchers, over a period of forty years or more. On the side they developed and used gold mining equipment. To this very day, China Bar on the columbia River bears scars of their power shovel diggings. [Submitted by Dorna K. Miller Nelson for A History of Kittitas County, Washington, 1989].
1860 Indiana census records indicate that Charles was born in Michigan, not Indiana, as family records state.
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