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When Maude Barnett (née Smith) was born September 2, 1900, in Washington, it had been a state for only 10 years and was home to about 500,000 residents. Moreover, the population of her birthplace far north in Okanogan County had only 5,000 residents, who were arguably outnumbered by cattle, sheep, and horses in its 5,000 wide-open square miles. The nearest large city to the west was Seattle, 235 miles away, and to the east was Spokane, 140 miles...