Mrs. Brinton, “Cora Mae”, had a very interesting background. Her great-grandfather was Cushing Eells, the founder of Whitman Seminary, which became Whitman College. Her grandfather, Cushing Eells, Jr., was the Director of the Indian School in Tacoma. Her parents, Gertrude Eells Coates and Palgrade Coates) moved to Harper and built the large clinker brick home[...]