The Pickering Land & Water Co. purchased 1,259 acres of land for $69,890 from J. Mill Boal. Whittier was named by Aquila Pickering and other Friends after the well-known Quaker poet, John Greenleaf Whittier.
The Pickering Land & Water Co. purchased 1,259 acres of land for $69,890 from J. Mill Boal. Whittier was named by Aquila Pickering and other Friends after the well-known Quaker poet, John Greenleaf Whittier.