[or-roots] Summerville Railroad

[dsam at sampubco.com]

O. R. & N. became part of Union Pacific.

The one that run from Umatilla through La Grande is the MAIN line of the
Union Pacific running from Ogden Utah to Portland Oregon.
I have been on this route and it is quite scenic between La Grande and
Pendleton!

David Samuelsen


Original Message:
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From:  OregonMol at aol.com
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 15:32:05 EDT
To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
Subject: [or-roots] Summerville Railroad


 I have a copy of an 1880 map issued by the Oregon Railway and Navigation
Co. 
showing both their lines and projected lines.  The map shows no line into 
Summerville but there was a line from Umatilla going down through La Grande
and 
Union to Baker City.  My Grandfather, A.H. Gaylord was a telegrapher for
the 
railroad and by the mid-1890's was the stationmaster in Union.  His 
father-in-law, Michael Travers, worked as a laborer for the O R & N as
early as 1861, 
starting in Celilo.  By 1885 the railroad had 2 transcontinental
connections, one 
with the Northern Pacific at Wallula and the other with the Union Pacific
at 
Huntington.  This information is in an excellent history of the Union
Pacific 
by Jeff Asay,
"Union Racific Northwest".  which I have if anyone wants more information
on 
early lines.
Phyl Purdum
Oregonmol at aol.com


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