** Asahel Curtis Photo Company Photographs Photographs ( ca.

Curtis ' father, the Reverend Johnson Asahel Curtis ( 1840 – 1887 ), was a minister and an American Civil War veteran.

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Asahel Curtis ' photo of Seattle in 1900.

Asahel Curtis ( 1874 – 1941 ) was a Pacific Northwest photographer.

Asahel Curtis was born in 1874 in Minnesota to Johnson Asahel Curtis ( 1840 – 1887 ), a reverend ; and Ellen Sheriff ( 1844 – 1912 ).

Asahel's father was Johnson Asahel Curtis ( 1840 – 1887 ) who was a reverend, and an American Civil War veteran.

Asahel had the following siblings: Raphael Curtis ( 1862-c1885 ) aka Ray Curtis ; Eva Curtis ( 10 May 1870 Whittaker, WI-1967, Tacoma Co, WA ); and Edward Sheriff Curtis ( 1868 – 1952 ).

When the Curtis family moved to Washington in 1888, Edward and Asahel were just teenagers.

Asahel's brother, Edward Sheriff Curtis, supported the family by opening a photography studio in Seattle, and Asahel went to work for him in 1894.

A 1908 parade in Seattle, photo by Asahel Curtis.

Rainier by Asahel Curtis, 1908.

Asahel Curtis appreciated the beauty and uniqueness of Mt.

* A Virtual Exhibition on Orotone Photographs, with information on Asahel Curtis ' orotone / goldtone photograph production.

* Washington State Historical Society Asahel Curtis Photographs collection

* University of Washington Libraries-Finding Aid to Asahel Curtis Papers

* University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections – Asahel Curtis Photo Company Photographs Photographs ( ca.

Among these original members were Henry Landes ( University of Washington geology dean ), Edmond S. Meany ( the father of the University of Washington Forestry school ), the famous photographer Asahel Curtis, and Seattle photographer and North Cascades guide Lawrence Denny Lindsley.

When Edward and Asahel were just teenagers, a homemade camera was the only suggestion of what their future professions would be when they moved to Washington Territory.

Asahel photographed Washington's natural resources and their related industries, as well as the early cities of Washington state, historic events, and its population.

Asahel became more widely known for his images of the Washington landscape that were published nationwide.

Asahel was a keen observer of people, places and events, Asahel documented the Washington timber, agriculture, fishing and mining industries.

However, according to Josephus, in Antiquities, Book 7, Chapter 1, Joab had forgiven Abner for the death of his brother, Asahel, the reason being that Abner had slain Asahel honorably in combat after he had first warned Asahel and had no other choice but to kill him out of self defense.

* A son of Asahel, Joab's brother ( 1 Chr.

In 1911, Asahel established his own studio in Seattle and employed a team of developers and colorists, including his sister Eva.

Asahel launched his photography career with that two-year trip to Alaska and the Klondike.

In 1897, the brothers agreed that Asahel should go to the Yukon and document the Klondike Gold Rush.

As Asahel would not desist from the pursuit, though warned, Abner was compelled to slay him in self-defence.

Dodgetown was named after its founding settler, Asahel Dodge, who immigrated to the area from Cape Cod.

Of the simplest mode of life, inured to hardship from his earliest years, tolerant of the extremities of hunger and fatigue, " a second Asahel for fleetness of foot ", fired with an unquenchable zeal for what he regarded as the true faith, with a dauntless courage that despised all dangers, Jacobus, in his tattered beggar's disguise, traversed on foot the whole of Asia Minor, Syria, Mesopotamia and the adjacent provinces, even to the borders of Persia, everywhere ordaining bishops and clergy, encouraging his demoralized co-religionists to courageously maintain their faith against the advocates of the two natures, and organizing them into a compact spiritual body.

This originated a deadly feud between the leaders of the opposite parties, for Joab, as next of kin to Asahel, was by the law and custom of the country the avenger of his blood.

The ostensible motive for the assassination was a desire to avenge Asahel, and this would be a sufficient justification for the deed according to the moral standard of the time.

* 1851 – Edward Asahel Birge, American academic ( d. 1950 )

There were many names suggested and even after the change to Salem, some people, such as Asahel Bush ( editor of the Oregon Statesman ), believed the name should be changed back to Chemeketa.

He had two brothers, Abishai and Asahel.

According to Josephus, Joab did not kill Abner out of revenge, because he had forgiven him for the death of his brother, Asahel, the reason being that Abner had slain Asahel honorably in combat after he had twice warned Asahel and had no other choice but to kill him out of self defense.

* Asahel Langworthy A Biographical Sketch of Col. Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky.

The village of Gridley was founded in 1869 and named after General Asahel Gridley ( or Ashael Gridley ), a noted early Republican, land investor, political backer and client of Abraham Lincoln, and a descendant of a Colonel Gridley who served at the Battle of Lexington.

* Asahel Finch, Jr. ( 1809-1883 ), politician and lawyer, Michigan and Wisconsin

Asahel Norton Homestead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

The Bates Cobblestone Farmhouse, John Carr House, Asahel Green Farm, Middlesex Center Methodist Church, Overackers Corners Schoolhouse, and Vine Valley Methodist Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

( Leavitt and Suffield businessmen Oliver Phelps, Gideon Granger, Luther Loomis and Asahel Hatheway owned between them one-quarter of all the lands in the Western Reserve assigned to Connecticut.

In 1849, Bird ’ s Ruins became Hanchettville to recognize Asahel Hanchett for luring several needed businesses to the village.

Howard City did not prosper, so Asahel Hanchett sold his land holdings to Madison real estate brokers William F. Porter and Samuel Marshall in 1860.