The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 914 

KLAAS DEN HARTIGH.

Klaas den Hartigh, engaged in general farming near Sunnyside, is one of the
substantial citizens that Holland has furnished to this section of the country.
He was born in the land of the dikes, September 20, 1883, a son of Paulus and
Janna (Monster) den Hartigh, who were also natives of the same country. They
came to Yakima county in the spring of 1904 and purchased forty acres of land
two and a half miles northeast of Sunnyside, which was but partially improved.
The father built thereon a good residence and continued the work of further
development and improvement upon his land to the time of his death, which
occurred in April, 1916. His widow survives and lives with her son Klaas.

The latter obtained a public school education in Holland and in the fall of 1901
came to the new world with his sister, who is now Mrs. Christopher G. Van Belle.
They made their way westward to Yakima county and he worked for wages until
joined by his parents in 1904. He then engaged in ranching with his father until
the latter's death. In 1913 he was given twenty acres of land and he now farms
the remainder of the old home place for his mother and the other children. He is
leading a busy life and his energy and perseverance are producing most excellent
results in the cultivation of the home property. He annually gathers large crops
of corn, hay and potatoes and he also conducts a small dairy. The family are
members of the Reformed church. Mr. den Hartigh is numbered among the successful
ranchers of his district.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.