[or-roots] Early Railroad Travel to Oregon

[Leslie Chapman]

Okay;

It was in answer to a similar question (or perhaps it was you Dolores?) that
I had posted stuff before that I mentioned in
my answer last night to Carole.

Thanks again for all your well wishes, am feeling a little better but
probably be a week more yet before I am really up to snuff, but thought I'd
post some of what I had posted before again real quick.

the best site I found has a lot of thumbnaild sketches of just about every
railroad in Oregon, I think it skipped the Longview Portland and Northen,
but does mention the Old Slow and Easy which won[t mean anything to to those
who don[t know how short those short lines were, but neither one adds up to
much. I could probably model the LP & N in N scale without leaving any of it
out in a fairly modest layout.

from; Pacific Northwest Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society,
http://www.pnwc-nrhs.org/rr-history/rr-history-index.html


http://www.northwestrailfan.com/railroad_history.htm

I don't know who hosts this but it is a site primarily about Puget Sound
Washington history but mentions some of the history of Oregon, I would add
it is entirely possible great Gram Hawley came to Washington by rail and
moved south. I believe that is how my Dad's family got here, though they may
have come to Portland or some such.

http://www.newportnet.com/yprhs/link_page.htm	is a list of links to Railroad
museam info for the whole Northwest and some

links to museums south of Ashland

http://www.ptsd.wednet.edu/district/resources/bookmarks/wahistory.html

is a general history page with a lot of links,including some railroad
history, but contains a lot more interesting stuff, I may spend a week
browsing there.

I am going to let it go at that, I don't know that these links will answer
either Carole or Dolores question, but can bet they will point them in the
right direction.

Again thanks for all your kind words folks.

Les C

-----Original Message-----
From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of D. J. Brotherton
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 6:17 PM
To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
Subject: [or-roots] Early Railroad Travel to Oregon


I am wondering if anyone knows when the first train made it way to Oregon
and from what direction.  I hope this is not a dumb question, my Great
Grandmother came to Oregon in the late 1880's from Kansas - she ended up in
Oakville, Linn County, Oregon.  I always thought she came by train.   Anyone
know anything about Alvina Jane Hawley who married  John B. Couey in 1892.
I have the marriage certificate but can't find where  my grandmother is
buried.  She lived at Shelburne and died in 1897.


Dolores
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