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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">I have a cousin that resides it what is now
Granite Bay,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">just outside of Folsom. He has a turn of
the century barn</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">on his acreage.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">I have two Reynolds of Oregon, who are buried
now under</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">a modern grocery. The Bayview people
fought a losing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">battle, and many of the early pioneers
suffered the same</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">fate as my ancestors. Alan French and
his wife, who</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">was the sister-in-law of Allen Reynolds, have
beautiful</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">headstones in their memory. How theirs
survived is a real</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">mystery.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">It was rather odd but the two elderly couples
came out to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Oregon for the milder weather and hit several
years of</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">bad winters. In one the Alsea River
froze and pushe all</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">in its path into the Pacific.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">I have read a number of your stories, but one
you should</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">get a kick out of was from a German lady who
came to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Minnesota about 1855 and complained that the
mosquitos</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">were so bad one had to use a smudge pot to
milk the cow.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Another is the story of the grasshoppers being
so bad the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">hens eggs turned green.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Gene</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 30, 2004 1:06
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Historic
Cemeteries</DIV>
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<DIV>I remember as teenager back in the early 50s when they build Folsom Dam
and Lake near me. They spent days just removing all of the known graves from
the valley and putting them all together at a new site with the remains and
the stones. It was quite a job and the new cemetery is quite big but the
relatives can still go and see there ancestors and that's what its all about.
I don't know when we took this terrible attitude toward the dead but I think
we need to do all we can to see that Oregon gets new laws that protect them.
It should flat out be against the law to desecrate a grave or move it without
the permission of the descendants and or a court order and then they should
only be moved not just plowed under and forgot.</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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