Hull, Lindley M., compiler and editor. "A History of Central Washington, Including the Famous Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan and the Columbia Valleys." Spokane: Press of Shaw & Borden Co., 1929. p. 105. JASPER GARLAND Deceased. Mr. Garland, his memory still fresh in the minds of many friends, was a native of Louisiana. His father, Hambleton Garland, was born in North Carolina, and his mother in Tennessee. He was a mere stripling of a boy at the time of the Civil War, but he went into the Confederate army. When nineteen years of age, or 1866, he emigrated to Texas, which country in those faraway times had vast empty spaces. He spent 15 years in this commonwealth empire of the South. In Kaufman County, on September 10, 1874, he was married to Miss Eveline Holbrook, who was born in Louisiana, but whose parents were natives of Mississippi. In 1881, Mr. Garland went to Colorado, where for two years he did contract construction work on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. He then removed to Oregon and engaged in farming, and later settled near Moses Lake, a place that rated high as a grazing country with mild winters. But keen disappointment was in store for the stock men of Eastern Washington, for the following winter brought deep snows and intensely cold weather. When spring came Mr. Garland had experience, but few sheep. However, he was not a man to sit down and complain of the country. He went to work for wages in Douglas County, and after a year or two he began to handle sheep on shares for Bill Smith, a well known sheep man of that country. About the year 1895, Mr. Garland removed to Coulee City, and soon after acquired several good tracts of land. He bought a considerable number of sheep from Mr. Smith on very favorable terms as to payment. By the year 1900, he had reached a secure and prosperous position in his business. In 1906, he came to Wenatchee to live, but for some time he continued to run sheep in the Colocken and Mad Lake countries. On May 27, 1926, Mr. Garland passed away at nearly eighty years of age. He had been a strong man physically, and possessed much force of character. He could be aggressive, even belligerent, but these qualities were balanced by traits of kindness, generosity and a strong love of justice. He had many friends, but few enemies. One daughter and four sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Garland: Minnie (Mrs. C. S. McDonough), Jasper, Albert M., Grover C., and Charles C., all living in or near Wenatchee. ******************* Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in March 2013 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.