Profiles of Washington Territorial Librarians – Benjamin F. Yantis, 1873-1875
Benjamin Franklin Yantis, 1873-1875 From the Desks of the Central Library Staff Born Mar. 19, 1807 in Garrard County, Ky., B.F. Yantis emigrated to Missouri in 1835, where he became the Superior Court Judge of Saline County. In 1850 (some sources say 1852) he was part of an overland party to the Oregon country that was an ordeal even by pioneering standards. His wife was included among the several deaths in the group. Judge Yantis ran a stage line to…