Elgin V. Kuykendall

Early years Elgin Victor Kuykendall was born in Oakland, Oregon, on October 8, 1870. His father, G.B. Kuykendall, was a prominent physician in the Southeastern Washington town of Pomeroy, Washington. It was in that region of the state that Kuykendall grew up, attending the public schools of rural Garfield County. In 1919, Washington Governor Louis F. Hart appointed Kuykendall to the Washington Public Service Commission. He remained at that post for five years. Death and legacy Elgin V. Kuykendall died in Pomeroy, Washington on February 25, 1958. He was 87 years old at the time of his death. Elgin Kuykendall's papers are housed in the Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections section of Terrell Library at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. The collection consists of approximately 8,000 documents and includes business documents, judicial papers, political speeches and historical writings, and correspondence. The collection is open for the use of researchers and an online guide to the material is available. ==Footnotes==

• Explanation of the Operation of the Washington Department of Public Works, Formerly the Public Service Commission of Washington. Olympia: c. 1921. • Historic Glimpses of Asotin County, Washington. Clarkston, WA: Clarkston Herald, 1954. • Eighty Years in the Changing West: Memoirs of E.V. Kuykendall. n.c.: n.p., 1954. • History of Garfield County. With Dan Walsh. Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1984. —Posthumously published. ==External links==