Rebecca G. Howard

Good morning POU! Ready for the weekend?! Today's thread will highlight Rebecca G. Howard. Rebecca G. Howard (born 1829, died July 1881) was a prominent black businesswoman in the early years of the Pacific Northwest. Rebecca Groundage Howard is reported to have been born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1829. A number of accounts indicate that Howard was … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread- African-Americans in the Old West