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. 45.
 
LYMAN S. BURRELL

     who is a native of Iowa, settled in Kittitas Valley about the year 1875.
Possessing a large measure of western spirit, he had no trouble in adjusting
himself to new conditions. For some time he followed freighting from The Dalles,
Oregon, to Kittitas Valley. In 1882, he made a trip to the Columbia Valley for
the purpose of sizing up the country, and looking for an ultimate location. He
liked Wenatchee and in 1885, he returned to this place and selected a homestead
near Miller Street, which has since become a landmark, a small section of which
may now be located as the home of John and Vincent Padoshek. The magnificent
shade trees on these grounds were planted by Mr. Burrell. Soon after the old
town was established on Miller Street, Mr. Burrell platted two tracts which were
known as Burrell's Additions to Wenatchee.
     About the year 1888, Mr. Burrell confided to his friend Mose Emerson, a
well known civil engineer, that he felt mighty poor and doubted if the country
would ever amount to much. Mose said to him in reply: "Lyman you're a fool. Here
you have 160 acres of choice land, every acre of which will, when irrigated be
worth two hundred dollars per acre."  This was a striking prophesy in view of
the fact that this same land is now worth about two thousand dollars per acre,
instead of $200, as predicted by Mose Emerson.
     In 1878, Mr. Burrell was married to Miss Elsie J. Charlton, of California.
Mrs. Burrell's mother with her people crossed the plains during the fifties and
settled in California. One son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Burrell: Jesse W.
Burrell, who for several years was a business man of Wenatchee, operating
Burrell's Studio, but is now in Seattle. About the year 1897, Mr. Burrell had
disposed of most of his Wenatchee holdings and moved to Alaska, where he engaged
in the mercantile business for about six years; thence he removed to California
for a time, but later established himself in the town of Beatty, Nevada, where
he still lives.


     
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