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Request for info: Muir's daughter, Fred Moore, Stadacona Park
I'm passing along requests for information submitted by three readers about various regional historical issues.
The first comes from Patrick Gooden, who is trying to find the burial place of one of John Muir's daughters, who moved to Spokane for her health and ended up staying here. Her name was either Wanda or Helena. He believes she was unmarried. I checked our archives and could find no information on her based on this limited information. I am posting it in case any readers can help.
The second comes from Ron Myers, who is seeking information about Fred H. Moore, a well-known labor attorney who defended Sacco and Vanzetti. Moore lived in Spokane from 1889 to 1910. Myers was hoping someone might have old letters or other information related to Moore.
Third, Cindy Fine asks if anyone knows anything about Stadacona Park, a tiny oval park between Arthur and Perry and 10th and 11th. Our archive notes that it was absorbed into the larger Grant Park around 1968. As for the name, I could find only that there was once a Stadacona Farm near the present airport, suggesting that the name is a family name from some early residents. But I can't find much about the park beyond that.
If anybody can shed light on any of these issues, please reply by clicking on the "comments" link.
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Helen Muir Married Buell A Funk, and in the 1961 Spokane City Directory she is listed as Muir, Helen (wid Buel) h N 2428 Dakota. Helen died June 17, 1964 in Spokane according to the Washington Death Index, but when I did a quick search of the Review in the library I did not find an obit for her
Charles
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