The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 877 CLAYTON C. HERRICK, D. M. D. Clayton C. Herrick, D. M. D., was born in Rochester, Minnesota, September 1872, a son of William N. and Lucy (Newton) Herrick, who became residents of Minnesota in the '60s. The father was for many years actively engaged in merchandising but is now living retired, his success in previous years supplying hire with all of the necessities and many of the comforts of life. The wife and mother has passed away. Dr. Herrick, following his graduation from the high school of Rochester, Minnesota, with the class of 1891, became a student in the State University of Minnesota, in which he pursued a course in dentistry, which he completed by graduation in 1896. He then located for practice in Fargo, North Dakota, where he remained for five years, after which he opened an office in Winona, Minnesota, where he continued in active and successful practice for fifteen years. Seeking still broader professional opportunities in the growing northwest, he came to Yakima on the 1st of October, 1917, and has since practiced in this city, building up in the meantime a large patronage, which indicates ready recognition of his ability. In 1908 he purchased a ten acre orchard on the Indian reservation, the same being a portion of the Minnesota ranch which was a body of land of one hundred and sixty acres that has been sold off in small tracts, principally of ten acres. Dr. Herrick had been coming to Yakima for ten years on an annual visit before he took up his abode in the city. On the 25th of August, 1898, Dr. Herrick was married to Miss Bess Cornelia Martin, of Rochester, Minnesota. he has membership with the Knights of Pythias and along professional lines is connected with the National Dental Association and with the Washington State Dental Society. His religious faith is that of the Christian Science church and his political belief that of the republican party. In these associations and interests are found the rules which govern his conduct and shape his course in all of the relations of life. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.