Vincent Lafayette Higgins (1851-1941) was born near Burnsville, North Carolina. As a young man, he moved west, living in Arkansas, Missouri, Northern California, and the Willamette Valley in Oregon, eventually settling permanently at Union Flat near Pullman, Washington in 1884. There he established a diversified agriculture farm, which had wheat growing as its principal activity. Vincent married Emma Peed of Jasper, Missouri in 1889, and their daughter, Frankie Belle Higgins, was born in 1890. Both Vincent and Emma Higgins were active in Masonic organizations, and Vincent was a member of the International Order of Odd Fellows.
Photos detail the Higgins Family of the Union Flats region of Whitman County, Washington. Photos contain portraits of friends and family of the Higgins family. Photos range from around the 1890s to around the 1950s.
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
Photos are still mounted in their original albums. Photos are mostly unlabeled and undated and remain in their original order within the scrapbooks.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item description]
Preliminary Guide to the Higgins Family Scrapbooks, circa 1890s-circa 1950s (UPC 0004)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
(MASC STAFF USE) Photos remain in their original albums.
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