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<DIV>May I suggest that you change the subject line in all these messages be
changed to reflect your actual message. We tend to reply to another
message and even though we are changing the topic, the subject line is not
changed.</DIV>
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<DIV>Sue</DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=marmar@pcez.com href="mailto:marmar@pcez.com">Mary Marling</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 16, 2004 2:38 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] The bridge that
Nineveh Ford moved</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Family names in my search:
Maidment/Huddleston/Rhodes/Smith/Arbogast/Moritz</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The Rhodes/Smith families settled in Douglas county early
1870s. Lived in various locations: Elkton, Curtin, Ashland, Grays Harbor
in WA, British Columbia,etc </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>As for me, you can keep up the reminiscing. History
enriches our lives. I love it and the tales at times
bring back memories and family legends that I am recording for the
pleasure of my younger family members.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Having lived here for over 50 years, I am saddened to see
the finest farming land covered by houses and freeways. The grape
industry seems to thrive. I wonder if in the future we could drink
enough wine to care even less about the loss of healthy, fresh foods from
our country side.... Mary</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cchouk@cox.net href="mailto:cchouk@cox.net">Cecil Houk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:25
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] The bridge that
Nineveh Ford moved</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks Walt.</DIV>
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<DIV>Nineveh Ford</DIV>
<DIV>1815-1897</DIV>
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<DIV>Cecil</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=DAVIESW739@aol.com
href="mailto:DAVIESW739@aol.com">DAVIESW739@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 16, 2004 8:15
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] The bridge
that Nineveh Ford moved</DIV>
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<DIV>Somewhere near the crossing of the North Platte, we camped at a place
called Soap Springs. It was a boggy place. Old Mr. Mills stepped
into a sink hole and, as he said: "went in up to his hat band." Niniva
Ford's big black ox blundered into one during the night. In the morning he
was found and pulled out before Niniva was up. He was covered, all
but his head, with the thick blue mud. Niniva made a great fuss when he
could not find his big black ox.</DIV>
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<DIV> Everyone else "hook up." There was a lone blue ox
grassing about that no one seemed to claim. Niniva was asked if it
were not his. He said: "No my ox is black." Finally he was advised to
take it anyway, the owner perhaps had yoked up the black ox by
mistake. There seemed nothing else to do, so Niniva, mad as a
hornet, went out to catch the ox, while everyone looked on and laughed.
After a while Niniva laughed about it too, but he did not at first. He was
still too mad at the man that he thought had taken his big black
ox.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B>Walt
Davies<BR>Cooper Hollow Farm<BR>Monmouth, OR 97361<BR>503 623-0460
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