Sheridan was a small town in southeast

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. Some amount of

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went on in Sheridan in the 1890s. There was a post office in Sheridan from 1892 to 1895. In addition, there was a hotel, store and a mill.

Geography

Sheridan was located near present-day

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History

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chairperson

Martha George Martha George (April 28, 1892 – January 7, 1987) was repeatedly elected chairperson of the Suquamish tribe, serving from the late 1920s to the early 1940s. She was a descendant of Chief Seattle in present-day Washington Washington commonl ...

"was born in Sheridan ... on April 28, 1892, at a logging camp where her mother and grandmother worked as cooks."

References

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