Gollahere
Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The Big Bend Country, embracing
Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties, State of Washington",
published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.
EMARY D. GOLLAHER was with the
earliest wave of immigration that came into the territory that is now occupied
in Lincoln county; but owing to the fact that he was too young to take
a homestead he went elsewhere and engaged in labors. The vision of
the fair prairies of the Big Bend was always with him, however, and the
result was that in 1898, he came back to his first love and settled on
a homestead, five miles south from Creston. To this he has added
by purchase until he now has a fine farm of three hundred and seventy acres,
all good land and well improved. He has bestowed his labors here
with wisdom and his place is now one to be desired.
Emary D. Gollaher was born in Indiana, in
1860, being the son of Allen and Eunice (Daggett) Gollaher, natives of
Indiana. The father was a veteran of the Civil War, journeyed to
California in 1870, thence to Washington in 1889, and on to Lincoln county,
in 1894. The mother died when our subject was a mere child and he
was soon called upon to meet the hardships of an adverse world. The
result was that his educational advantages were scanty and he received
but little training at the hands of the school teacher. Later, realizing
the worth of knowledge, he applied himself and is now a well read man,
possessing the great advantage of having his knowledge mixed with a practical
experience with the ways of the world and business, which has resulted
in great good to him. He first came to Lincoln county in 1880, being
in the company of Peter Cuddeback. He soon went to Spokane and engaged
in labor for wages. From that point he journeyed to various localities,
ever working and investing, until finally in 1898, he came back to Lincoln
county, as mentioned above.
In 1886, Mr. Gollaher married Miss Nettie
Harsin, a native of Iowa. To this union, two children have been born,
Frankie and Raymond. Mr. Gollaher has wrought with a self reliance
and determination that have given him a fine success in all his ventures
and today he is one of the responsible and respected citizens of the county.
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