Alley, B. F. and Munro-Fraser, J. P.  "History of Clarke County, Washington
Territory : compiled from the most authentic sources ; also biographical
sketches of its pioneers and prominent citizens." Portland, Or. : Washington
Publishing Co., 1885.

A. W. HIDDEN - Was born in Craftsbury, Orleans county, Vermont, August 5, 1830,
and there resided until 1850, when he came to Washington Territory, and settled
in Vancouver, adjoining the present city limits to the north, where he planted
an orchard that now contains sixteen hundred trees of various kinds.  Mr. Hidden
has this year, 1885, eight tons of dried prunes on the market, dried in his own
kiln which is twenty by twelve feet in dimensions, with finishing chamber
attached, and a capacity of two thousand five hundred pounds in twenty-four
hours.  His farm designation is A. W. Hidde, Orchardist and Fruit Grower,
Vancouver, Washington Territory.

Submitted by: Jenny Tenlen

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