View of the O. M. Rud Jewelry Store and Neighboring Buildings

ID: 4960 ~ Source: Courtesy of Washington Rural Heritage ~ Creator: Unknown Photographer ~ Date: 1800-1889

This file appears in: A Frontier Doctor Rides into Rockford: Dr. William P. Grubbe Settles Down and Builds a Medical Practice

By 1880, Rockford had retail stores in their budding community. All that was missing was a local doctor.

This file appears in: A Frontier Doctor Rides into Rockford: Dr. William P. Grubbe Settles Down and Builds a Medical Practice

A Frontier Doctor Rides into Rockford
: Dr. William P. Grubbe Settles Down and Builds a Medical Practice

By R. A. Schultz

In 1880, Dr. William P. Grubbe and his companion were attacked by a band of Indians. His friend and his horse killed, Grubbe grabbed the other horse and rode for his life. In Rockford, Washington he…