KLICKITAT PIONEER DIES
ISAAC C. DARLAND CROSSED PLAINS IN 1866.
Ex-Postmaster of Goldendale Was Prominent in County, Political and Industrial Life.
LYLE, Wash., March 18. - (Special.) - The death of Isaac C. Darland at the farm of his brother George, on Spring Creek, near Blockhouse, closes the career of a man whose life has been interwoven with the pioneer industrial and political affairs of the county. Mr. Darland was born in Illinois in 1849, crossed the plains in 1866 and settled at Ilwaco with his parents. "Ike," as he was known to close friends, was not a strong boy. On the advice of the late Dr. August Kinney, of Astoria, he came to Klickitat County in 1870 for his health. The first wages he earned after arrival was riding after cattle for the late Ben E. Snipes. Mr. Darland married Miss Sarah House, the daughter of an Oregon pioneer, in 1871. She died in 1882, survived by four children. Mr. Darland married Miss Lydia M. Kurtz in 1884 [1883]. She died in 1900 [1899]. Two children were born to the latter marriage. The surviving children are: Merion, a traveling man, of Portland, Or.; Louis, of Hood River; Earl, of Goldendale, and Miss Bessie M. Darland, a teacher in the Washington State Normal School. Mr. Darland, in business for himself, first engaged in raising cattle and horses. Later he bought a livery stable at Goldendale, after acquiring a mail contract, when the only means of transportation in Klickitat Valley was by stage and wagon. It has been said that "Ike" drove the stage that made the last trip from The Dalles to Ellensburg. Mr. Darland was a frequent delegate to Democratic state conventions. President Cleveland appointed him Postmaster of Goldendale in 1893. About this time, with the later William Cumming, he succeeded in organizing the Farmers' Mercantile Company, which developed into a department store. After Mr. Darland's wife died in 1909 he accepted a traveling position with a harvesting machinery company of Portland. He was traveling salesman for 10 years. (The Oregonian, 19 Mar 1912)

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children by: Sarah Ann Hause (House): Arminta A. Darland 1871-1891, Luna Darland 1873-1876, Mertin A. Darland 1875- , Louis Carson Darland 1878-1932, Earl W. Darland 1880-1952