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"...James Terwilliger came with the emigrants of 1845, established a claim
south of the Overton tract, and the following year build a blacksmith shop.
In this same year Daniel H. Lownsdale located on what later was called
the King claim, established the first tannery in the far Northwest. He
tanned on a large scale, and turned out excellent leather, which he exchanged
for raw hides, furs wheat, or cash. Cpt. John H. Couch, of Newburyport,
MA, returned to Portland in 1845 and selected a tract north of the Lovejoy-Pettygrove
claim. The new proprietors added two partners, <u>Stephen Coffin</u> and
W. W. Chapman, and formed the Townsite Promotion Company. <u>Coffin</u>
established a canoe ferry in 1848. When traffic was heavy he used a raft
of canoes. An excerpt from a diary of that year says, 'Portland now has
two white houses and one brick and three wood-colored frame houses and
a few cabins....'"
<p>Cecil Houk wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Nanci:
<p>The Coffin name sounds familiar, but I can't place it.
<p>Cecil
<p>----- Original Message -----
<br>From: "Nanci Axelton" <naxelton@hotmail.com>
<br>To: <or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
<br>Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 11:45 AM
<br>Subject: [or-roots] Foster 1940's
<p>> Cecil,
<br>>
<br>> My family lived in that area in the 1940's, did you ever meet anyone
with
<br>> the surnames of Mann or Coffin? I remember my uncle telling
me stories
<br>> about my dad and his friends driving those gravel roads.
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