[or-roots] Summerville Railroad

[Penny]

David:

Would this same railroad have traveled from Huntsville, Arkansas?  I was
told at one time that the Union Pacific offered low rates for families
moving to Oregon in order to settle there.  I don't know if the store is
true.  I just know that my relatives came from Huntsville and settled in
Summerville, Oregon.

Penny

-----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 W David
Samuelsen
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 8:41 AM
To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Summerville Railroad

Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. They originally did boat
business on Columbia and Snake Rivers, starting out of
Portland Oregon in 1850s and the railroad linking Portland to
Ogden Utah was in 1887 or thereabout.

David Samuelsen

Penny wrote:
> What is the O. R. & N?
> 
> Penny
> 
> -----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
> dsam at sampubco.com
> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 2:50 PM
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> Subject: RE: [or-roots] Summerville Railroad
> 
> 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:
> -----------------
> 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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