HIS 210 — The Washburns of Livermore, ME
(3 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Shop) 3 Hrs./Wk. (3 Hrs. Lecture) *1 5 wks. This course will use traditional historical research and several field trips to learn about one of the most outstanding political dynasties in American history. Israel and Martha Washburn had a large family during the hard years of the early 1 9th century. Raised with “the iron hand of poverty always on their shoulders” the seven sons of Israel and “Patty” wrote their names large across the middle of 1 9th century political life. Out of the seven boys came two governors of different states, four US Representatives, one Union Army major general, a commander in the US Navy, one senator, one minister to France, one minister to Paraguay, one secretary of state, three authors, the founders of Gold Medal Flour and the Pillsbury Corporation, one millionaire banker philanthropist, the founders of a Wisconsin Railway still in operation, “The Mighty Soo,” and three founders of the Republican Party.