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2 stories matching sheffer

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  1. The Pioneer Who Never Gave Another Speech After Mt. Baker Erupted

    N. V. Sheffer, Whatcom County’s oldest living pioneer, brought his donkey cart to Ferndale’s old-settlers’ reunion—and told why he stopped speaking in public in 1854.

    Aug 13, 1908The Lynden Tribune (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-CurrentFerndale, Whatcom CountyLocal Legends

  2. A Frontier Rivalry Renewed

    84-year-old pioneer N.V. Sheffer sets off on a donkey-drawn cart to reunite with his childhood rival, Ezra Meeker, at the Ferndale settlers' picnic.

    Aug 7, 1908The Lynden Tribune (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-CurrentFerndale, Whatcom CountyLocal Legends

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