Hull, Lindley M., compiler and editor. "A History of Central Washington, Including the Famous Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan and the Columbia Valleys." Spokane: Press of Shaw & Borden Co., 1929. p. 326. GEORGE W. BROWN brother to N. N., and R. A. Brown, of Monitor, came with his parents to Washington Territory in 1877, and located near Vancouver. Two years later he started out to make his fortune. The desire to travel and a thirst for adventure were so strongly developed in this youngster that it was inevitable that he should knock about the world to gratify yearnings for seeing things strange and wonderful. This, however, may be set down as a trait peculiar to many pioneers. It was this spirit that for decades impelled men to search for the North Pole, and to explore the jungle depths of Darkest Africa. But at no time did George fail to give thought and attention to that greater and more dominant instinct, the ultimate desire to settle down and build a home, and at a very early age we find him making his way to Wenatchee Valley, doubtless lured thither by the glowing accounts of Browns Flat as given by his brother Deak. But in any event he made his selection of 160 acres in the section that now holds the town of Monitor. After securing title by commuting at $2.50 per acre, he spent some time in California, traveling extensively on horseback. At the end of a few years he was again in the Wenatchee Valley. He took an active interest in the Peshastin Ditch built by the people of the Cashmere country and at one time he owned considerable stock in the same. He also engaged in the cattle business. At the time of the Spanish-American War, he with other Chelan and Douglas County men enlisted in Company D., and was stationed at Vancouver, to drill and await orders to go to the front, orders that disappointingly never came, and all members of the Company were mustered out in October. In the following spring, 1899 he entered the government service for heavy survey work in Alaska. The object of this expedition was to find an all-American route from Cooks Inlet to the Yukon, and in performance of the work in connection therewith, the members of the party were destined to go through experiences calculated to test the nerve and resources of the most hardy men. Their course took them through territory never before visited by white men. The Indians were not friendly, and the rigors of winter weather terrible. For days at a time, horse meat and dog meat constituted the bill of fare. On Thanksgiving day, 1 899, the dinner for six men consisted of one small ptarmigan. Soon after quitting the government service and returning to Washington State, George went into the hotel business at Reardon, Washington, with his brother N. N. Then later these men opened the Elberta Hotel at Wenatchee. On June 6, 1906, George was married to Miss Marguerite D. Lutzhoft, a native of Germany. Three children have been born to this marriage: Carl W., Elnora D., and in 1923, a second daughter was born, whose name is Helen. Since that happy event, the country is hardly big enough to hold George. The family now lives on an orchard tract near Wenatchee. ******************* Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in July 2011 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.