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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ah ha! There are streets in Portland named after
Terwilliger and Couch, but not Coffin.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I still can't remember why I remember the Coffin
surname. ???</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Cecil</FONT></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=census@wi.net href="mailto:census@wi.net">Connie Guardino</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> Tuesday, May 18, 2004 5:26 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Stephen Coffin
Helps Establish Portland</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>"...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.
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