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Why did Edward S. Curtis move to the Pacific Northwest in 1887?
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Edward S. Curtis
Self-portrait, photogravure by Edward S. Curtis, 1899; in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
In 1887, Edward S. Curtis migrated to the Pacific Northwest to assist in breaking ground for a family homestead located on the edge of Puget Sound.1