Edwards, Rev. Jonathan.  "An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of
Washington."  San Francisco: W. H. Lever, 1900.  p. 715.
 
A. A. HOSFORD

     manager of the Washington steam laundry, 503 Main avenue, a pioneer of
1889, is a native of Wisconsin, born March 4, 1865. He was reared on a farm in
that state and early learned the trade of stationary engineer, a handicraft
which he followed continuously until 1889. In that year he came to Spokane where
he was engaged as a stationary engineer until he, in company with Mr. James
Tyra, established the Washington steam laundry. They are among the most
energetic and progressive men in that line of business in the city, and have
established agencies in numerous outside towns far and near. They do a very
large business both within Spokane and without, giving work to about forty
employees constantly. Mr. Hosford is also a heavy shareholder in several mines
in the vicinity, but is interested principally in the Sunnyside Group Gold
Mining & Milling Company, of which he was vice-president and is now a trustee.
Fraternally, he is affiliated with the K. P. order, being a member also of the
Uniform Rank and all the auxiliaries. He also belongs to the Modern Woodmen of
America. He was married in Wisconsin, October 6, 1886, to Miss Julia Shafer, a
native of New York, and they have one child, Walter S.


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