The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1000 WILLIAM F. AMONETTE. William F. Amonette, who in 1917 established Motor Inn, of which he is president, has since successfully conducted that business in Yakima. He was born in Tennessee on the 5th of May, 1883, a son of John and Katherine (Boring) Amonette. The father is now deceased, but the mother survives and makes her house in Kelsey, Texas. William F. Amonette, after acquiring a public school education, learned the machinist's trade in the railway shops of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company and afterward was employed by the Union Pacific Railway. He came to the northwest in 1900, making his way to Oregon, and subsequently was in the service of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company. He took up automobile work in Tacoma in 1915 and in 1917 came to Yakima. On the 11th of June of that year he joined with three others in establishing the Motor Inn and after successfully conducting the business for a time Mr. Amonette purchased the interests of his partners in the concern and is now sole proprietor. It has a frontage of seventy-five feet. In the new quarters he has excellent equipment and facilities for the conduct of his business, which has been steadily growing and has already reached gratifying proportions. In 1908 Mr. Amonette was married to Miss Sallie Grant, of Yakima, and they have gained many friends during the period of their residence in this city. Mr. Amonette has a fine ranch on the Yakima reservation, having made judicious investment in that property. He is a member of the Machinsts' Union and is himself an expert workman. Since coming to Yakima he has become proprietor of a fine shop and the standard of service there rendered to his patrons is of such high character that his business has steadily and constantly grown and developed. He has equipped his plant with all modern machinery and is able to do any class of repair work, while the integrity of his methods has insured him the goodwill and respect of all with whom he has been brought in contact. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.