Husband of Katie Borst
Father of the Snoqualmie Valley from 1858 ro 1890
Born and raised in Tioga County, New York, Borst traveled west by ox team in 1850 to seek gold in California. He found it, and made enough money to rent a farm near Sacramento. By 1858, he had made $8,000 from raising barley, and was eager to move on. He was tempted to return home, but he decided instead to travel north to Seattle.
Jeremiah Borst is considered to be the father of the Snoqualmie Valley, located in north central King County. A soft-spoken man with a lisp, he was the first permanent white settler in the valley. He planted an orchard, raised onions and potatoes, grazed cattle, and eventually went into hop farming.
Borst married three times, each time to an Indian woman. Little is known about his first wife Sally, but he and his second wife Mina had five children. Mina was the daughter of The Widow, an Indian woman so named by early settlers because her husband, a chief of the Snoqualmie tribe, had died and she did not remarry.
After Mina died in 1876, Borst married Kate Kanim Smith, a half-sister to Chief Jerry Kanim of the Snoqualmies. Kate Borst lived well into the twentieth century, and was well known and respected by many throughout the valley.CC
(Credit to FAG member Rodeogirl73 for this information)
Father of the Snoqualmie Valley from 1858 ro 1890
Born and raised in Tioga County, New York, Borst traveled west by ox team in 1850 to seek gold in California. He found it, and made enough money to rent a farm near Sacramento. By 1858, he had made $8,000 from raising barley, and was eager to move on. He was tempted to return home, but he decided instead to travel north to Seattle.
Jeremiah Borst is considered to be the father of the Snoqualmie Valley, located in north central King County. A soft-spoken man with a lisp, he was the first permanent white settler in the valley. He planted an orchard, raised onions and potatoes, grazed cattle, and eventually went into hop farming.
Borst married three times, each time to an Indian woman. Little is known about his first wife Sally, but he and his second wife Mina had five children. Mina was the daughter of The Widow, an Indian woman so named by early settlers because her husband, a chief of the Snoqualmie tribe, had died and she did not remarry.
After Mina died in 1876, Borst married Kate Kanim Smith, a half-sister to Chief Jerry Kanim of the Snoqualmies. Kate Borst lived well into the twentieth century, and was well known and respected by many throughout the valley.CC
(Credit to FAG member Rodeogirl73 for this information)
Husband of Katie Borst
Father of the Snoqualmie Valley from 1858 ro 1890
Born and raised in Tioga County, New York, Borst traveled west by ox team in 1850 to seek gold in California. He found it, and made enough money to rent a farm near Sacramento. By 1858, he had made $8,000 from raising barley, and was eager to move on. He was tempted to return home, but he decided instead to travel north to Seattle.
Jeremiah Borst is considered to be the father of the Snoqualmie Valley, located in north central King County. A soft-spoken man with a lisp, he was the first permanent white settler in the valley. He planted an orchard, raised onions and potatoes, grazed cattle, and eventually went into hop farming.
Borst married three times, each time to an Indian woman. Little is known about his first wife Sally, but he and his second wife Mina had five children. Mina was the daughter of The Widow, an Indian woman so named by early settlers because her husband, a chief of the Snoqualmie tribe, had died and she did not remarry.
After Mina died in 1876, Borst married Kate Kanim Smith, a half-sister to Chief Jerry Kanim of the Snoqualmies. Kate Borst lived well into the twentieth century, and was well known and respected by many throughout the valley.CC
(Credit to FAG member Rodeogirl73 for this information)
Father of the Snoqualmie Valley from 1858 ro 1890
Born and raised in Tioga County, New York, Borst traveled west by ox team in 1850 to seek gold in California. He found it, and made enough money to rent a farm near Sacramento. By 1858, he had made $8,000 from raising barley, and was eager to move on. He was tempted to return home, but he decided instead to travel north to Seattle.
Jeremiah Borst is considered to be the father of the Snoqualmie Valley, located in north central King County. A soft-spoken man with a lisp, he was the first permanent white settler in the valley. He planted an orchard, raised onions and potatoes, grazed cattle, and eventually went into hop farming.
Borst married three times, each time to an Indian woman. Little is known about his first wife Sally, but he and his second wife Mina had five children. Mina was the daughter of The Widow, an Indian woman so named by early settlers because her husband, a chief of the Snoqualmie tribe, had died and she did not remarry.
After Mina died in 1876, Borst married Kate Kanim Smith, a half-sister to Chief Jerry Kanim of the Snoqualmies. Kate Borst lived well into the twentieth century, and was well known and respected by many throughout the valley.CC
(Credit to FAG member Rodeogirl73 for this information)
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