William McLane (1819–1906) was an

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pioneer and member of the Washington Territorial Legislature. He was from

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. He and Martha McLeod McLane pioneered a

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on Mud Bay. Place names such as

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are named for him, as is McLane Elementary School in the

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, on a hill above and east of Mud Bay, and the McLane

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in Delphi Valley, to whom he donated land. McLane originally left Pennsylvania in 1852 and made his way to Washington Territory by ox-drawn wagon. He returned east to marry in 1854 then returned to Washington by sea via the Isthmus of Panama. Once there, he homesteaded at Bush Prairie (founded by pioneer

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, now in

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), and later moved to the Mud Bay homestead. McLane died in Thurston County in 1906 after living in his home for over 50 years.

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Source: Washington State Legislature *Ninth session (1861) House — Thurston County *Eleventh session (1863) House — Thurston County *Thirteenth session (1865) House — Mason and Chehalis County *First biennial session (1867) Council — Thurston and Lewis County *Second biennial session (1869) Council — Thurston and Lewis County *Fourth biennial session (1873) Council — Thurston and Lewis County

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