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From History of North Washington, published 1903, now in public domain. 
Submitted by Candy L. Grubb April 8, 1997. Both above notices must remain 
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GEORGE W. HARVEY

	George W. Harvey, from whom Harvey creek is named, is one of the
oldest travellers in this northwest country and a detailed account of his 
life would make a book of great interest.  We are pleased to have the 
privelage of reciting the salient points in his career, since it is well 
known to all that he is really one of the builders of this county.
	George W. Harvey was born in Woodstock, Carlton county, New
Brunswick, on June 9,1831, the son of Joseph G. and Emily (Ladd) Harvey.
While he first saw the light on English soil, his ancestors were true
Americans and named him after the patriot, George Washington.  The parents 
were natives of Maine, and the paternal grandfather was a patriot in the 
Revolution.  At the advanced age of ninety-eight, he ascended to the top
of the Bunker Hill monument.  The parents are now both deceased, having 
lived to their full four score years.  Mr. Harvey has two brothers and one 
sister, Joseph, for forty years a minister in the Baptist church, now
deceased; Charles, in Forest City, Maine; Mrs. Sarah Johnson, deceased.
At the early age of seventeen, Mr. Harvey left home and went to Chicago,
then a small place.  He was on the omnibus line there for some time.  His
trip over the lakes to Chicago was attended with danger on account of
severe storms.  Later we see him on the Mississippi and after a siege of
the yellow fever in New Orleans, he retired to St. Louis.  Thence he came
to St. Joseph and fell in with an emigrant train with which he crossed the
plains to Amador county, California and engaged in mining.  As a young man
he had become familiar with civil engineering and so took up this 
occupation there.  After laying several canals, as the Butte and others,
he came in 1858 by steamer to Whatcom and thence to the Fraser river
region.  He made the first surveys for the commissioners and then went
on to the Cariboo regions making the first locations on what is now
Harvey creek from his name.  After this Mr. Harvey returned to California
and in 1866 went again up the Fraser river and crossed the range into 
the valley of Columbia.  They whipsawed lumber and built crafts for the
river and lakes.  After cruising on the different lakes they came to what
is now the popular gold region of the Lardo, and Mr. Harvey and his 
associates had the distinction of giving the section this name.  Later
they descended the Columbia to Marcus, arriving there in 1866.  He 
followed mining for a time and then took a position in Charles Montgomery's
store in Colville.  Two years later he returned to California.  In 1869,
we find Mr. Harvey handling a force of two hundred men on the Canadian
Pacific and in 1870, he brought his family from California to Colville.
The tireless energy and resourcefulness of the man is seen plainly in 
all these journeys and labors.  In 1874, the family went back to 
California and at the building of Fort Spokane, Mr. Harvey was engaged
there.  Later he was store keeper there and in 1880, he purchased from
an Indian, the right to his present place, at Harvey.  The post office
was named after him and his wife was the first post mistress, serving
ten years.  The office was opened in 1884.  His family came on soon 
after locating his present place.  In addition to this farm, Mr. Harvey
owns another in the valley and both are well improved and skillfully
handled.  In addition to general crops and handling stock, he markets
much fruit each year.  His was the first orchard in these regions and
Mr. Harvey has done much in many ways to open the country and to
stimulate his fellows to good labor in these lines.  In 1892, he was
chosen county assessor on the Republican ticket and he has active in 
all that was for the advancement of the community.
	On February 23, 1848, in Herman, Maine, Mary R. Budge was born
and she later became the wife of Mr. Harvey.  Her parents, Samuel M. and
Hannah M. (Webber) Budge were natives of Maine and came from prominent
families.  The father was a millwright and a sailor.  In 1853, he died 
on board ship and was buried on the isthmus while en route to California.
The mother is now living in Sacramento, California, having come hither
in 1854.  Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Budge, Samuel N., 
Charles E., and Mrs. Harvey.  Mrs. Harvey was educated in Bangor, Maine
and in California and was married on October 19, 1864.  Three children
have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey, Dimsdill P., married to Miss
Emma Higginbotham, of Harvey; Lewelma R.; Maytie B.   Mrs. Harvey's
grandfathers, Samuel N. Budge and Eleazer Webber, both served faithfully
in the Revolution.  Mr. and Mrs. Harvey are counted among the most 
substantial and highly respected citizens of the county and have won,
by their uprightness, kindness, and wisdom, hosts of friends from all
classes.