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SUMMARY:LIVING HISTORY: WILLIAM HURST ROCKFELLOW\, WAGONMASTER AND PROSPECTOR
DESCRIPTION:In 1853\, William Hurst Rockfellow was the wagon master of a wagon train headed to southern Oregon near the present day city of Talent. He came north during the Gold Rush days in eastern Walla Walla County and operated the Rockfellow & Co. Pony Express\, which ran between Walla Walla and the Boise Gold Basin in Idaho. While working as a prospector in Oregon\, he\, his brother Albert\, and three other Jackson County\, Oregon friends discovered the famous Rockfellow ledge of gold\, now known as the Virtue Mine. He and his partners set up their stamp mill to extract the ore on Powder River\, and eventually Baker City grew up around it. Meanwhile\, William's wife operated a boarding house in Walla Walla. One of his daughters\, Alice\, married Harvey Meacham\, who owned the Meacham toll road that ran between Idaho and Oregon and a hotel near the summit of the Blue Mountains between La Grande and Pendleton\, Oregon. William Rockfellow is portrayed by his great grandson\, Dick Phillips.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In 1853\, William Hurst Rockfellow was the wagon master of a wagon train headed to southern Oregon near the present day city of Talent. He came north during the Gold Rush days in eastern Walla Walla County and operated the Rockfellow &amp\; Co. Pony Express\, which ran between Walla Walla and the Boise Gold Basin in Idaho. While working as a prospector in Oregon\, he\, his brother Albert\, and three other Jackson County\, Oregon friends discovered the famous Rockfellow ledge of gold\, now known as the Virtue Mine. He and his partners set up their stamp mill to extract the ore on Powder River\, and eventually Baker City grew up around it. Meanwhile\, William&rsquo\;s wife operated a boarding house in Walla Walla. One of his daughters\, Alice\, married Harvey Meacham\, who owned the Meacham toll road that ran between Idaho and Oregon and a hotel near the summit of the Blue Mountains between La Grande and Pendleton\, Oregon. William Rockfellow is portrayed by his great grandson\, Dick Phillips.
LOCATION:Fort Walla Walla Museum 755 Myra Road Walla Walla\, WA 99362
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DTSTAMP:20260415T020717Z
URL:https://business.wwvchamber.com/events/details/living-history-william-hurst-rockfellow-wagonmaster-and-prospector-14714
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