Ascherl.family

Southeast Washington

Where they were

Every place in this archive that sits in the corner of Washington between the Snake and the Columbia, and over the Oregon line to Hermiston. Two generations, seventy years apart, on much the same ground: the Williams family homesteading Pataha Prairie in 1874, and the Ascherls at the ordnance depot, then Pullman, then Hanford. Select any marker for its coordinates and a link out to the modern map.

Map of family places in southeast Washington A locator map spanning the Hanford Site in the west to the Palouse in the east. 16 places are marked. A table of the same data follows the map. The Palouse — Approximate extent of the loess-hill country. Hanford Site — Approximate boundary of the federal reservation. Washington state line Washington state line Oregon state line Columbia River Snake River Snake River Columbia River Columbia River Palouse River Palouse River Yakima River Garfield County The Palouse Hanford Site Washington Oregon Snake River Columbia River Wallula Waitsburg Bateman farm, Coppei Creek Walla Walla Pataha Prairie Pataha Flat Cemetery Pomeroy Pataha Pullman Colfax Richland Hanford 100-D Area Palouse Hermiston Umatilla Ordnance Depot Umatilla

Williams family 1873–1920

The pioneer generation. Arrived by steamer at Wallula in November 1873 and homesteaded on Pataha Prairie.

Ascherl & McCanse 1942–1990s

The twentieth-century generation. The ordnance depot at eighteen, college at Pullman on the GI Bill, then the reactors at Hanford.

Geographic context

Landforms and towns that orient the other two layers.

Approximate

Located from a description in a source rather than a recorded coordinate. Dot size follows how often the archive mentions the place.

Counties from the US Census cartographic boundary files; rivers from Natural Earth. Both public domain, drawn into the page itself — this map loads no tiles and calls no third-party service. The Palouse and the Hanford reservation are shaded to their approximate extents; neither has an edge this map should pretend to know exactly.

The same data as a table
PlaceLayerYearCoordinateLat, lonModern map
Wallula Williams family 1873 recorded 46.0830, -118.9020 map
Waitsburg Williams family 1874 recorded 46.2698, -118.1509 map
Bateman farm, Coppei Creek Williams family 1874 approximate 46.2270, -118.1600 map
Walla Walla Williams family — recorded 46.0670, -118.3370 map
Pataha Prairie — "the Flat" Williams family 1874 recorded 46.4127, -117.5466 map
Pataha Flat Cemetery Williams family 1889 approximate 46.4160, -117.5965 map
Pomeroy Williams family 1920 recorded 46.4738, -117.5965 map
Pataha Geographic context — recorded 46.4727, -117.5443 map
Pullman — Washington State Ascherl & McCanse 1951 recorded 46.7331, -117.1683 map
Colfax Ascherl & McCanse 1950 recorded 46.9016, -117.3453 map
Richland Ascherl & McCanse 1957 recorded 46.2841, -119.2940 map
Hanford 100-D Area Ascherl & McCanse 1957 approximate 46.6716, -119.5601 map
Palouse Geographic context — recorded 46.9103, -117.0752 map
Hermiston, Oregon Ascherl & McCanse 1942 recorded 45.8329, -119.2852 map
Umatilla Ordnance Depot Ascherl & McCanse 1942 approximate 45.8600, -119.4300 map
Umatilla, Oregon Geographic context — recorded 45.9176, -119.3320 map