The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 373 KIT CARSON GIFFORD. Kit Carson Gifford, a member of the firm of Vibber & Gifford, conducting the leading drug store of Kennewick, has thus been identified with the business interests of the town for the past six years. His birth occurred in Elkader, Iowa, on the 16th of July, 1885, his parents being Gideon M. and Frederica Gifford, who were born in Iowa and Connecticut respectively. The father is a banker. Kit Carson Gifford attended the public schools in the acquirement of an education and after putting aside his textbooks entered the government service in the postoffice at Elkader, Iowa. In 1908, when a young man of twenty-three years, he made his way to Kennewick, Washington, and was here employed in the post office for two years, while subsequently he became identified with the financial interests of the town as assistant cashier of the First National Bank, serving in that capacity until 1912. In that year he purchased the business of the Tullis Drug Company and has since conducted the enterprise under the firm name of Vibber & Gifford, who have the leading establishment of the kind in Kennewick. They carry an extensive and attractively arranged stock of goods in their line and their patronage is large and gratifying. In 1905 Mr. Gifford was united in marriage to Miss Clara Neimeyer, of Elkader, Iowa. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and he is a member of the Commercial Club, cooperating in all of its well defined plans and measures for the advancement of community interests. A young man of enterprise, ambition and ability, it is safe to predict that a bright future lies before him. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.