[or-roots] childhood memories

[Aileen Itzen]

My family settled around the Birkenfeld, Mist area which would have been a
number of miles upriver from the town of Nehalem.  The families we were
acquainted with began homes upriver from Elsie and ended around Vernonia.
There is a group of people who have put together a Mist-Birkenfeld
Historical Society and are putting together a 'book' of the history of that
portion of the Valley.  It hasn't yet been published but will let you know
when this happens.  They have also taken over ownership of the little
church in Mist and have created a museum.  Aileen


At 11:07 AM 09/13/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Has any one a recollection of a Charle Berglund and his
>wife Atlanta M.. Charles had a farm possibley in Nahelem or Mohler circa
>1926 on.  The may have had a red heard
>girl named Shirley who attended Nahalem HS.  Charles
>also was said to have driven a school bus in the area
>pre WWII.  He died there in 1942.  Any information
>would be appreciated.
>
>Gene Barnes
>Costa Mesa
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Barbara Wulf" <wulf at bendcable.com>
>To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
>Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 7:01 PM
>Subject: Re: [or-roots] childhood memories
>
>
>> Aileen,
>>
>> What family names from Nehalem?
>>
>> Barb
>> wulf at bendcable.com
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Aileen Itzen" <hai at callatg.com>
>> To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
>> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 5:37 PM
>> Subject: [or-roots] childhood memories
>>
>>
>> > My great grandparents came to Oregon in 1874.  Their son, my
>grandfather,
>> > fortunately loved history and kept every record he could find including
>> old
>> > school records, census records, even two original survey maps of the
>area
>> > done in 1892 and the original homestead papers on their place signed by
>> > President Harrison.  I have been blessed to have had those in my
>> > possession.  When he was about 90 years old the family made several
>tapes
>> > of conversations with him of his families trip from Minnesota to Oregon
>> and
>> > of the many things he had seen during his lifetime.
>> >
>> > From all this information I put together a 'book' for the family which
>> > included copies of letters written to their Congressman requesting
>postal
>> > service into the Nehalem Valley, pictures and odd tidbits of things he
>> > remembered.  He had the foresight to ask contemporaries to write down
>> their
>> > remembrances of coming into the valley.  Some of these things I have
>given
>> > to local historical groups so that other could enjoy them.  Therefore I
>> > feel strongly that everyone should write down their history for
>> generations
>> > to come.  No matter how incidental you may think your life was.  It will
>> be
>> > important to your family in years to come.  Aileen.
>> >
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