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West Valley Pioneer: Robert C. Palmer

Posted on January 1, 2022 by skip

by Jeanine Buettner
nammy@montanasky.com

Editor’s note: Did you know there was once a hotel where Rebecca Farm now stands? Read on…

Robert Chester Palmer
Born July 17,  1836 in Palmyra, Ohio. He was the son of Frederick (1809) and Jane (1814) Palmer.

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