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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Now would be a good time to revisit Aunt Charlottes book
"Into The Eye of The Setting Sun".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>1843 was the year the "great emegration" began to
Oregon. Charlotte Matheny Kirkwood was one of those who traveled by wagon
across the Oregon Trail to the Wilamette Valley. Others in that wagon
train included my gr gr grandfather, Nineveh Ford, and his younger brother,
Ephraim Ford. In the book Charlotte suggests that Ephraim "took a
likin' to her".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Although Walt and I are related, it is not through a union
of Charlotte and Ephriam.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Turn on your speakers and go to:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/oregon_trail/crossing/goodnight.htm#x">http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/oregon_trail/crossing/goodnight.htm#x</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>to read the introduction to the book. If you're
using IE 6.0 the music will not stop until you turn it off (tool bar near the
top of the page).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Cecil</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Cecil Houk, ET1 USN Ret.<BR>PO Box 530833<BR>San Diego CA
92153<BR>FAX 619-428-6434<BR><A
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