Sam Hutchinson is depicted in one of the famous murals in Toppenish WA entitled "Presumed Innocent", located on one wall of the Toppenish Police Department at the "T" intersection of West 1st Ave and Division Str. The mural depicts Hutchinson, who was over seven feet tall and served as Yakima County Sheriff from 1918-1920, standing on the right side in an early courtroom setting.
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Billings (Montana) Gazette, Mar 29, 1955, page 4
As It Was in Billings...
35 YEARS AGO - March 29, 1920
...
Sam Hutchison, for 18 years sheriff of Yakima county, Wash., who has the distinction of being the tallest man in the state of Washington, was a Billings visitor yesterday, the guest of his old friend, "Uncle" George Bennighoff, at the Grand hotel. Mr. Hutchison was on his way home from a trip to Houston, Tex. For a number of years, Mr. Hutchison, who is seven feet one inch tall, traveled with a circus and proved one of its main attractions, just as he did in Billings yesterday. Mr. Hutchison knew "Uncle" George when the latter was a boniface at Sprague, Wash., before his removal to Billings. They spent several hours recounting old times and while walking around resembled "the long and the short of it" because of the great disparity in height.
Contributor: Brian Winter (47600059)
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Washington State Death Records
First Name: Samuel
Last Name: Hutchinson
Date Of Death: 4 Jan 1922
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Father Name: Rob'T M. Hutchinson
Mother Name: Elizabeth Harina (Hanna)
Death Place: Yakima, Yakima, Washington
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The Journal-Times
Thursday, January 12, 1922
Sam Hutchinson Dies At Yakima
Samuel Hutchinson, formerly clerk of Adams county, died at Yakima on January 4th. He had been ill for several weeks with pneumonia.
Mr. Hutchinson was a pioneer of the west, settling first in the Crab Creek country. He was a noted stockman and rode the range in the early day. For two years he was marshal of this city, and for four years was on the Spokane police force. He was seven feet in height and weighed 200 pounds so was famous for his strength and stature.
He removed to Yakima county a good many years ago, first to a ranch near Sunnyside. Then he served as sheriff of Yakima county.
Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties, State of Washington", published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.
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SAMUEL HUTCHINSON, a prominent stockman of Adams county, residing near Lind, was born in Douglas county, Oregon, January 1, 1858. He was the son of Robert M. and Elizabeth (Hanna) Hutchinson, the former a pioneer stockman of the west, and the latter a distant relative of the late Senator Hanna. The parents' lives are more fully touched upon in the sketch of Benjamin Hutchinson, elsewhere in this volume.
When between five and six years of age, Mr. Hutchinson went from Oregon to Victoria and there attended the St. Louis College, a Catholic institution, until ten years of age. On March 2, 1868, he went on the steamer Del Norte, to San Francisco and soon thereafter removed to San Jose, where he attended the grammar schools until about fifteen. At this age he started in life on his own responsibility, beginning by carrying a chain for a surveying party near San Jose, California, which occupation he followed two years. In 1876 he took some thoroughbred cattle to Kamloops, British Columbia, and drove a herd of twelve hundred head of cattle back to Harney, Oregon, and drifted back to San Jose in the winter of 1877, and there remained six weeks. He returned to Washington in 1878 and worked for his father at teaming for some time, then settled on land now embraced in Adams county and engaged in the stock business, which he has since followed in the same locality.
Mr. Hutchinson was married June 14, 1891, to Garrie Griswold, a native of Minnesota, and to this union three children have been born, Clara L., Ruth L. and Lois I.
In matters political, Mr. Hutchinson is unbiased and liberal. He has been city marshal of Ritzville for two years, and at one time was a member of the police department of the city of Spokane.
In fraternity circles, he is known as a member of the Woodmen of the World, and the Red Men.
Mr. Hutchinson has had a lease one section sixteen, township sixteen, range twenty-eight west, since 1884. This land is situated on lower Crab creek. It has fine water on it and the control of that water gives Mr. Hutchinson abundance of out range for his horses, of which valuable animals he has now about six hundred. He also owns some property in the town of Lind, where his family resides. He is one of the principal stockholders in the Jefferson Marble, Mining & Milling Company, whose property is situated some twelve miles northeast from Colville, Washington. They have an immense deposit of marble and a thoroughly equipped plant for the lifting of this mineral and preparing it for commerce. He is also a heavy stockholder in the Frisco Standard, which mine has just been brought prominently to the public attention by the production of some high grade copper and silver ores.
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Billings (Montana) Gazette, Mar 29, 1955, page 4
As It Was in Billings...
35 YEARS AGO - March 29, 1920
...
Sam Hutchison, for 18 years sheriff of Yakima county, Wash., who has the distinction of being the tallest man in the state of Washington, was a Billings visitor yesterday, the guest of his old friend, "Uncle" George Bennighoff, at the Grand hotel. Mr. Hutchison was on his way home from a trip to Houston, Tex. For a number of years, Mr. Hutchison, who is seven feet one inch tall, traveled with a circus and proved one of its main attractions, just as he did in Billings yesterday. Mr. Hutchison knew "Uncle" George when the latter was a boniface at Sprague, Wash., before his removal to Billings. They spent several hours recounting old times and while walking around resembled "the long and the short of it" because of the great disparity in height.
Contributor: Brian Winter (47600059)
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Washington State Death Records
First Name: Samuel
Last Name: Hutchinson
Date Of Death: 4 Jan 1922
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Father Name: Rob'T M. Hutchinson
Mother Name: Elizabeth Harina (Hanna)
Death Place: Yakima, Yakima, Washington
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The Journal-Times
Thursday, January 12, 1922
Sam Hutchinson Dies At Yakima
Samuel Hutchinson, formerly clerk of Adams county, died at Yakima on January 4th. He had been ill for several weeks with pneumonia.
Mr. Hutchinson was a pioneer of the west, settling first in the Crab Creek country. He was a noted stockman and rode the range in the early day. For two years he was marshal of this city, and for four years was on the Spokane police force. He was seven feet in height and weighed 200 pounds so was famous for his strength and stature.
He removed to Yakima county a good many years ago, first to a ranch near Sunnyside. Then he served as sheriff of Yakima county.
Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties, State of Washington", published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.
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SAMUEL HUTCHINSON, a prominent stockman of Adams county, residing near Lind, was born in Douglas county, Oregon, January 1, 1858. He was the son of Robert M. and Elizabeth (Hanna) Hutchinson, the former a pioneer stockman of the west, and the latter a distant relative of the late Senator Hanna. The parents' lives are more fully touched upon in the sketch of Benjamin Hutchinson, elsewhere in this volume.
When between five and six years of age, Mr. Hutchinson went from Oregon to Victoria and there attended the St. Louis College, a Catholic institution, until ten years of age. On March 2, 1868, he went on the steamer Del Norte, to San Francisco and soon thereafter removed to San Jose, where he attended the grammar schools until about fifteen. At this age he started in life on his own responsibility, beginning by carrying a chain for a surveying party near San Jose, California, which occupation he followed two years. In 1876 he took some thoroughbred cattle to Kamloops, British Columbia, and drove a herd of twelve hundred head of cattle back to Harney, Oregon, and drifted back to San Jose in the winter of 1877, and there remained six weeks. He returned to Washington in 1878 and worked for his father at teaming for some time, then settled on land now embraced in Adams county and engaged in the stock business, which he has since followed in the same locality.
Mr. Hutchinson was married June 14, 1891, to Garrie Griswold, a native of Minnesota, and to this union three children have been born, Clara L., Ruth L. and Lois I.
In matters political, Mr. Hutchinson is unbiased and liberal. He has been city marshal of Ritzville for two years, and at one time was a member of the police department of the city of Spokane.
In fraternity circles, he is known as a member of the Woodmen of the World, and the Red Men.
Mr. Hutchinson has had a lease one section sixteen, township sixteen, range twenty-eight west, since 1884. This land is situated on lower Crab creek. It has fine water on it and the control of that water gives Mr. Hutchinson abundance of out range for his horses, of which valuable animals he has now about six hundred. He also owns some property in the town of Lind, where his family resides. He is one of the principal stockholders in the Jefferson Marble, Mining & Milling Company, whose property is situated some twelve miles northeast from Colville, Washington. They have an immense deposit of marble and a thoroughly equipped plant for the lifting of this mineral and preparing it for commerce. He is also a heavy stockholder in the Frisco Standard, which mine has just been brought prominently to the public attention by the production of some high grade copper and silver ores.
Sam Hutchinson is depicted in one of the famous murals in Toppenish WA entitled "Presumed Innocent", located on one wall of the Toppenish Police Department at the "T" intersection of West 1st Ave and Division Str. The mural depicts Hutchinson, who was over seven feet tall and served as Yakima County Sheriff from 1918-1920, standing on the right side in an early courtroom setting.
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Billings (Montana) Gazette, Mar 29, 1955, page 4
As It Was in Billings...
35 YEARS AGO - March 29, 1920
...
Sam Hutchison, for 18 years sheriff of Yakima county, Wash., who has the distinction of being the tallest man in the state of Washington, was a Billings visitor yesterday, the guest of his old friend, "Uncle" George Bennighoff, at the Grand hotel. Mr. Hutchison was on his way home from a trip to Houston, Tex. For a number of years, Mr. Hutchison, who is seven feet one inch tall, traveled with a circus and proved one of its main attractions, just as he did in Billings yesterday. Mr. Hutchison knew "Uncle" George when the latter was a boniface at Sprague, Wash., before his removal to Billings. They spent several hours recounting old times and while walking around resembled "the long and the short of it" because of the great disparity in height.
Contributor: Brian Winter (47600059)
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Washington State Death Records
First Name: Samuel
Last Name: Hutchinson
Date Of Death: 4 Jan 1922
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Father Name: Rob'T M. Hutchinson
Mother Name: Elizabeth Harina (Hanna)
Death Place: Yakima, Yakima, Washington
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The Journal-Times
Thursday, January 12, 1922
Sam Hutchinson Dies At Yakima
Samuel Hutchinson, formerly clerk of Adams county, died at Yakima on January 4th. He had been ill for several weeks with pneumonia.
Mr. Hutchinson was a pioneer of the west, settling first in the Crab Creek country. He was a noted stockman and rode the range in the early day. For two years he was marshal of this city, and for four years was on the Spokane police force. He was seven feet in height and weighed 200 pounds so was famous for his strength and stature.
He removed to Yakima county a good many years ago, first to a ranch near Sunnyside. Then he served as sheriff of Yakima county.
Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties, State of Washington", published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.
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SAMUEL HUTCHINSON, a prominent stockman of Adams county, residing near Lind, was born in Douglas county, Oregon, January 1, 1858. He was the son of Robert M. and Elizabeth (Hanna) Hutchinson, the former a pioneer stockman of the west, and the latter a distant relative of the late Senator Hanna. The parents' lives are more fully touched upon in the sketch of Benjamin Hutchinson, elsewhere in this volume.
When between five and six years of age, Mr. Hutchinson went from Oregon to Victoria and there attended the St. Louis College, a Catholic institution, until ten years of age. On March 2, 1868, he went on the steamer Del Norte, to San Francisco and soon thereafter removed to San Jose, where he attended the grammar schools until about fifteen. At this age he started in life on his own responsibility, beginning by carrying a chain for a surveying party near San Jose, California, which occupation he followed two years. In 1876 he took some thoroughbred cattle to Kamloops, British Columbia, and drove a herd of twelve hundred head of cattle back to Harney, Oregon, and drifted back to San Jose in the winter of 1877, and there remained six weeks. He returned to Washington in 1878 and worked for his father at teaming for some time, then settled on land now embraced in Adams county and engaged in the stock business, which he has since followed in the same locality.
Mr. Hutchinson was married June 14, 1891, to Garrie Griswold, a native of Minnesota, and to this union three children have been born, Clara L., Ruth L. and Lois I.
In matters political, Mr. Hutchinson is unbiased and liberal. He has been city marshal of Ritzville for two years, and at one time was a member of the police department of the city of Spokane.
In fraternity circles, he is known as a member of the Woodmen of the World, and the Red Men.
Mr. Hutchinson has had a lease one section sixteen, township sixteen, range twenty-eight west, since 1884. This land is situated on lower Crab creek. It has fine water on it and the control of that water gives Mr. Hutchinson abundance of out range for his horses, of which valuable animals he has now about six hundred. He also owns some property in the town of Lind, where his family resides. He is one of the principal stockholders in the Jefferson Marble, Mining & Milling Company, whose property is situated some twelve miles northeast from Colville, Washington. They have an immense deposit of marble and a thoroughly equipped plant for the lifting of this mineral and preparing it for commerce. He is also a heavy stockholder in the Frisco Standard, which mine has just been brought prominently to the public attention by the production of some high grade copper and silver ores.
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Billings (Montana) Gazette, Mar 29, 1955, page 4
As It Was in Billings...
35 YEARS AGO - March 29, 1920
...
Sam Hutchison, for 18 years sheriff of Yakima county, Wash., who has the distinction of being the tallest man in the state of Washington, was a Billings visitor yesterday, the guest of his old friend, "Uncle" George Bennighoff, at the Grand hotel. Mr. Hutchison was on his way home from a trip to Houston, Tex. For a number of years, Mr. Hutchison, who is seven feet one inch tall, traveled with a circus and proved one of its main attractions, just as he did in Billings yesterday. Mr. Hutchison knew "Uncle" George when the latter was a boniface at Sprague, Wash., before his removal to Billings. They spent several hours recounting old times and while walking around resembled "the long and the short of it" because of the great disparity in height.
Contributor: Brian Winter (47600059)
_____________________
Washington State Death Records
First Name: Samuel
Last Name: Hutchinson
Date Of Death: 4 Jan 1922
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Father Name: Rob'T M. Hutchinson
Mother Name: Elizabeth Harina (Hanna)
Death Place: Yakima, Yakima, Washington
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The Journal-Times
Thursday, January 12, 1922
Sam Hutchinson Dies At Yakima
Samuel Hutchinson, formerly clerk of Adams county, died at Yakima on January 4th. He had been ill for several weeks with pneumonia.
Mr. Hutchinson was a pioneer of the west, settling first in the Crab Creek country. He was a noted stockman and rode the range in the early day. For two years he was marshal of this city, and for four years was on the Spokane police force. He was seven feet in height and weighed 200 pounds so was famous for his strength and stature.
He removed to Yakima county a good many years ago, first to a ranch near Sunnyside. Then he served as sheriff of Yakima county.
Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties, State of Washington", published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.
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SAMUEL HUTCHINSON, a prominent stockman of Adams county, residing near Lind, was born in Douglas county, Oregon, January 1, 1858. He was the son of Robert M. and Elizabeth (Hanna) Hutchinson, the former a pioneer stockman of the west, and the latter a distant relative of the late Senator Hanna. The parents' lives are more fully touched upon in the sketch of Benjamin Hutchinson, elsewhere in this volume.
When between five and six years of age, Mr. Hutchinson went from Oregon to Victoria and there attended the St. Louis College, a Catholic institution, until ten years of age. On March 2, 1868, he went on the steamer Del Norte, to San Francisco and soon thereafter removed to San Jose, where he attended the grammar schools until about fifteen. At this age he started in life on his own responsibility, beginning by carrying a chain for a surveying party near San Jose, California, which occupation he followed two years. In 1876 he took some thoroughbred cattle to Kamloops, British Columbia, and drove a herd of twelve hundred head of cattle back to Harney, Oregon, and drifted back to San Jose in the winter of 1877, and there remained six weeks. He returned to Washington in 1878 and worked for his father at teaming for some time, then settled on land now embraced in Adams county and engaged in the stock business, which he has since followed in the same locality.
Mr. Hutchinson was married June 14, 1891, to Garrie Griswold, a native of Minnesota, and to this union three children have been born, Clara L., Ruth L. and Lois I.
In matters political, Mr. Hutchinson is unbiased and liberal. He has been city marshal of Ritzville for two years, and at one time was a member of the police department of the city of Spokane.
In fraternity circles, he is known as a member of the Woodmen of the World, and the Red Men.
Mr. Hutchinson has had a lease one section sixteen, township sixteen, range twenty-eight west, since 1884. This land is situated on lower Crab creek. It has fine water on it and the control of that water gives Mr. Hutchinson abundance of out range for his horses, of which valuable animals he has now about six hundred. He also owns some property in the town of Lind, where his family resides. He is one of the principal stockholders in the Jefferson Marble, Mining & Milling Company, whose property is situated some twelve miles northeast from Colville, Washington. They have an immense deposit of marble and a thoroughly equipped plant for the lifting of this mineral and preparing it for commerce. He is also a heavy stockholder in the Frisco Standard, which mine has just been brought prominently to the public attention by the production of some high grade copper and silver ores.
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