[or-roots] 1868 The worst day of my life

[Cecil Houk]

Can you imagine Florence's pain on this day? (Florence was
the sister of my great grandmother Sarah Courtney Houk.)



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from
HISTORY OF A PIONEER FAMILY
by Florence (Courtney) Melton

  (1868)
       I never put in a  worse day on the road than we experienced from Pendelton to the foot of the
Cascade Mountains.  The first day in the mountains was September thirtieth - my birthday, eleven
years old - no cake with candles.