The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 345

GEORGE B. DASH.

George B. Dash, who is cultivating eighty acres of land on Naches Heights, was
born in Lodi, Wisconsin, February 14, 1872, a son of George S. and Mary A.
(Blackman) Dash. The father was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and the
mother is also a native of that state, but they became pioneer residents of
Wisconsin. The father was a railroad man, devoting his entire life to that
service. He has now passed away, but the mother is still living and makes her
home in Toronto, Canada.

George B. Dash acquired a public school education in Wisconsin and he, too,
turned to railroad work. He became a telegraph operator on the Chicago &
Northwestern and was thus employed for several years at Baraboo, Wisconsin. He
afterward turned his attention to the tobacco business there and was active
along that line for several years. On the 6th of April, 1908, he arrived in
Yakima county, Washington, and rented land on the Selah, where he lived for a
year. He subsequently rented land on Naches Heights for one summer and later
cultivated a rented farm on the Yakima Indian reservation for a year. Afterward
he again rented on Naches Heights for two years and at the end of that time,
having carefully saved his earnings until his industry and economy had brought
hint sufficient capital, he purchased twenty acres of land on Naches Heights. He
has since added thirty acres to his holdings and now owns fifty acres. In
addition he also cultivates sixty acres of rented land and he has twelve acres
of his place in orchards. He was one of the early settlers and is numbered among
the leading citizens of that district and has done much to further its
development and improvement.

On the 21st of January, 1905, Mr. Dash was married to Miss Clara Burdick, a
slaughter of Stephen and Sarah (Roberts) Burdick, of Wisconsin. Her father was a
farmer and railroad man of that state but is now deceased. The mother survives
and makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. Dash in Yakima county. Mr. Burdick was an
influential citizen of his community in Wisconsin, contributed much to its
pioneer development and improvement and served as sheriff of Sauk county. To Mr.
and Mrs. Dash have been born three children: Theresa, Dorothy and George, Jr.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Dash are supporters of the republican party and the latter is
serving as clerk of the school board. Fraternally Mr. Dash is identified with
the Elks Lodge No. 688 of Baraboo, Wisconsin. He is a trustee of the Commercial
Association of Naches heights and has been most actively and helpfully
interested in all that has pertained to the welfare and progress of the
community. His was the third residence on Naches heights. The first schoolhouse
of the district was a little shack on the Strause farm, built in 1911, and Grace
Currey was the first teacher. Mr. Dash has always been a stalwart champion of
education and has been most active in promoting the good roads movement in
installing telephones and bringing into the district all modern improvements
which lead to the substantial development of the community along progressive
lines.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.