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Early Prineville businessman and civic leader March 06 2021
William B. Morse, who came to the community in 1909, also served as mayor, chamber president, judge and legislator
William Britton Morse was born March 23, 1886, in Burlington, Kansas. He graduated from Kansas State Normal School and taught a year in Kansas before moving to Portland in 1906. He attended business college in Portland.
He came to Prineville in 1909 and worked as a bookkeeper for the Collins-Elkins Mercantile store. He also farmed along McKay Creek from 1913 to 1926. He purchased the Prineville Warehouse company in 1926. He began to expand his business presence by establishing the Morse Lumber company and the Redmond Potato Company.