Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Sergeant Mildon Wilson was a hero of the Battle of Big Hole during the Nez Perce campaign. Drawn by the author of "The Long Journey Of The Nez Perce."
DAYTON - Kevin Carson must have been about 12 when his parents introduced him to books about Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce.
He devoured the l ike s of "Hear Me My Chiefs" by Lucullus Mc- Whorter and "I Will Fight No More Forever" by Merril Beal. Growing up in a household that admired the Native leader and sympathized with his plight as the last holdout of his tribe, the irony of his own ancestry wasn't lost on the teenager.
As the great great great grandson of Dayton Volunteer Lieutenant Levi Watrous, he was keenly aware that his ancestors from the Touchet Valley were once called to pursue and...
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