The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 904 
A portrait of John Einarsen appears in this publication.

JOHN EINARSEN.

Among the successful agriculturists of the Yakima valley is John Einarsen, a
rancher near Mabton, who was born in Norway, April 19, 1864, and is a son of
Einar and Karen J. (Orwig) Einarsen, the former of whom is deceased, while the
latter is still living in Norway. John Einarsen was reared under the parental
roof in his native country and there attended public school, subsequently
becoming a fisherman. Upon coming to the United States he made his way to
Spokane, Washington, arriving in that city on the 12th of October, 1889, when
twenty-five years of age, and there he made his home until his removal to
Seattle on the 17th of May, 1890. Later he was a resident of Snohomish county,
Washington, where he worked in the employ of others for about three and a half
years, subsequent to which period he spent six years in British Columbia,
Canada. In the spring of 1900 he, like many others, made his was to Nome,
Alaska, where for seven years he wooed fortune and was fairly successful. At the
end of that time he visited his native country, viewing the scenes of his
boyhood and young manhood, and then returned to Nome, there leasing mines and
accumulating a fair sum.

In the fall of 1908 Mr. Einarsen returned to Seattle, where he remained until
the following spring. At that time he and two others acquired title to one
hundred and sixty acres of land two miles east of Mabton, which property is now
know as the Farmers Homestead. At this writing our subject and Archibald
Morrison are the sole owners and they are engaged in general farming and stock
raising, while another source of their income consists of the raising of hay.
Mr. Einarsen has twenty acres four and a half miles west of Grandview and three
miles north of Mabton and there he lives. When he acquired his land it was
covered with sagebrush but it is now largely under the plow and has become a
valuable property in the course of years. He has seven acres in orchard and many
valuable improvements have been made upon the place, including the installing of
modern equipment and machinery. The buildings are substantial and up-to-date and
he also has erected a handsome farm residence.

Mr. Einarsen generally gives his allegiance to the republican party as far as
national issues are concerned but in local affairs votes for the man
irrespective of party ties. At present he is serving as supervisor of drainage
district, No. 31, and in fact has ever been deeply interested in public problems
and movements undertaken on behalf of the general welfare.	 He is a member of
the Alaska Sour Doughs, in which organization he meets with others who have
spent years amid the primitive surroundings of the north. There is much credit
due him for what he has achieved, as he began his career empty-handed and is now
numbered among the prosperous agriculturists of his district. He has never
regretted coining to this country and has proven in every respect a loyal and
patriotic American who not only makes wise use of opportunities but also fully
acknowledges the duties and obligations which devolve upon a full fledged
citizen.

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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.