Memoirs: Life on the Farm for the Seven Jordan Sisters 1890 to 1919

by Ella P. Jordan Dale

Overview

In thirty-one episodes that read like short stories, Ella P. Jordan Dale writes with charm and humor authentic to the era about the Jordan family's farm near Mount St. Helens, Washington, from 1890 to 1919. Readers get to know Mamma, Papa, and Ella's six sisters and three stepsisters, along with a range of colorful neighbors and townspeople as they pursue the challenges of daily life. From laundry day to cougar hunting, deathly illnesses, planting crops and running a dairy herd, or installing the first telephone lines and driving the new Model T Ford on primitive roads, these true experiences are recounted through vivid, accurate detail. This ebook edition includes two additional stories from the 1920s, plus historical essays that place the family and farm within the early settlement of Washington Territory.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940152586909
Publisher:	Carolyn Dale
Publication date:	01/19/2016
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Ella Pearl Jordan Dale, 1894 - 1974, grew up on a farm in southwest Washington state during the early days of its settlement as a territory; her Memoirs are a detailed account of daily life at that time. She graduated from Mossyrock High School in 1917, and worked in the War Department in Washington, D.C., during World War I. Other adventures included driving a Model T Ford to Yellowstone Park in 1923 and working at a herring saltery in Alaska in 1925. She married Charles O. Dale in 1926, and the couple lived in Seattle and raised two children. She worked on writing the Memoirs, as well as short stories, over many years.