[or-roots] Re: Strake

[Don & Anne Comer]

Gene,

> Nora Lenore Reynolds Peterson Strake

What Peterson did Nora marry?

Anne


On Saturday, November 1, 2003, at 09:53  AM, Eugene Barnes wrote:

> Dear Connie:
>  
> Nora Lenore Reynolds Peterson Strake, was the
> surviving daughter of my great uncle Albert Reynolds, and his wife 
> Charity Alice McKenney/
> McKinney.  She was born in Hennpin Co. Mn,
> and came to Alsea with her parents in 1883.
> Her father was a fiddle player and also played
> at the dances in the area.  The family survived,
> as did many others, when they discovered black
> sand on the beach - Gold.  Nora was also one
> of the only women to sail the Alsea Bay alone.
>  
> Thanks for the information.
>  
> Gene Barnes
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Connie Guardino
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 5:20 PM
> Subject: [or-roots] Re: Strake
>
> "Nice (Lincoln County) post office, formerly Lutgens, was established 
> April 24, 1917. The office was discontinued November 15, 1919. It was 
> named for Captain  Henry “Harry” Nice (1837-1921), a prominent Alsea 
> Bay resident during the last half of the 19th Century. Nora L. Strake 
> was the first postmaster."
>
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