"The Oregonian's Handbook of the Pacific Northwest." Portland, OR: Oregonian Publishing Co., 1894. pg. 443. SAMUEL C. HYDE The Spokane bar is held in high estimation throughout the country. It numbers among its members brilliant and eloquent orators, accomplished students and trained counselors versed in the intricacies of the law. The fame of the most talented of these gentlemen is not confined to Spokane and its judicial tribunals, but extends to and beyond the boarders of the Spokane bar. Samuel C. Hyde is a distinguished member of the Spokane bar. As farmer, soldier and lawyer, his career has been a long and honorable one. His intellectual attainments, striking individuality and legal triumphs have won for him a position in the foremost ranks of Washington lawyers. Mr. Hyde was born April 22, 1842, in the old historic town of Fort Ticonderoga, New York. At an early age he removed with his parents to a then remote wilderness near Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It was here he grew to manhood, at work clearing the dense forests that surrounded his father's house. The war broke out, and Mr. Hyde went to the front, where he served as a private soldier in the 17th regiment of Wisconsin volunteer infantry. He subsequently graduated from the law school of the Iowa State University. He practiced his profession at Rock Rapids, Iowa, for seven years, then removed to Puget Sound, and in 1879 arrived at Spokane. In 1880 Mr. Hyde was elected prosecuting attorney for the northeast district of Washington, and was re-elected for three consecutive terms. He is now in active practice at the bar. ******************* Submitted to the Washington Bios. Project in May 2005 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.