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. 324. NOAH N. BROWN for many years a well known hotel man is a native of Indiana, and his first years of a work-a-day life were spent on a farm, but neither inclination nor destiny claimed him for a farmer for he had tastes along other lines. His parents were pioneer residents of Southern Indiana. His mother whose maiden name was Fisher, was a descendent of a family among the founders of the Jamestown colony. Our subject was a member of the family who blazed a trail to the far west, going to Vancouver, Washington, in 1875. In starting out he himself very soon drifted into hotel work, which more than any other line was to claim his attention for more than forty years. In 1883 he was married to Miss Addie Haller, a native of his home state. His first introduction to the Wenatchee country was in 1885, when he and Mrs. Brown were met at Goldendale, Washington, by R. A. Brown or Deak, as he was usually named, and driven to Brown's Flat where Deak had already located. Mr. Brown, or N. N. as his friends prefer to call him, liked the prospect well enough to invest in 160 acres of land, securing the same by relinquishment from Thomas Owens. A residence was maintained six months when he commuted by paying $2.50 an acre, thus obtaining a patent. He then removed to Ellensburg where he engaged in the hotel business with marked success and profit. He acquired ownership to the Forrest hotel property, but by the disastrous fire in 1889 which well nigh wiped Ellensburg off the map, he was out of business. Nothing daunted he here saw an opportunity to gratify a taste for travel and during the next six months he and Mrs. Brown took an extended trip to Europe. On his return home he again took up hotel work, this time at Dayton, Washington. His next venture was the Hotel Watson in Wenatchee which he erected in 1892, and operated one year. This building stood on the site of the old county court house. A little later he opened a large restaurant in Ellensburg which he conducted with profit notwithstanding the pinching hard times of the early nineties. His Wenatchee friends could always be reckoned among his customers, and knowing their chronic lean purse condition, he was wont to say to them that if they were shy on cash to take a meal ticket and pay for it when convenient. For a time he operated a hotel at Yakima, and finally the great Klondike claimed him. He reached Dawson on September 21, 1897, and immediately got a job as night clerk in the Green Tree hotel at $450 per month. However much he might travel, N. N. was always keenly observant of the conditions round about him, and it may be assumed that he was not in Alaska for his health. With several others he laid out the townsite of Eagle City, near Ft. Egbert. This venture proved profitable. He left the country in 1 898, but returned the following year and closed up his business. He then went down the Yukon to Nome. From this point to St. Michaels he took a contract for carrying mail, which with dog team consumed forty-three days for a trip. In 1900 he with his brother George went into the hotel business at Reardon, Washington. In the following year these brothers acquired the Bell hotel property in Wenatchee, and remodeled the same making a fine hotel. From the first N. N. took active interest in the Wenatchee Commercial Club, serving time as a trustee. On March 19, 1906, N. N. was married to Miss Jessie Walton. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Brown were in hotel and restaurant business at Okanogan and Ephrata. But during the past ten years a more leisurely life has been followed. However, N. N. is not entirely disassociated from business. He looks carefully after his investments. Usually Mr. and Mrs. Brown spend their winters in California. By reason of his taste for travel and desire for a close up view of the world, N. N. has acquired a wide range of knowledge of the many countries he has visited and can write and talk entertainingly of his travels. ******************* 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.