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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>HI:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>In about the middle of 1880 the Shepard
Barnes families</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>were supposed to (by Shepard's Poem)
left Minn for</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Omaha, take the "Imigrants Train" for
SF. The Stayed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>in the Old Russ House hotel for several
days and took</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>the Geo. W. Elder steamer up to the
Columbia bar,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>then up the Columbia to the Willamette
River, and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Portland. By stage over a
corderoy road to Snookemville</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>near Beaverton. Later in 1883 the
Reynolds, Albert,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>his wife Charity Alice and Josiah came
by train to LA,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>then SF. On arrival they went out
to see the Pacific </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Shore, but all they saw were
wharves. You had to go</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>10-miles N or S to find a beach even
then. They </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>also took a steamer to Portland, stayed
at the Tullock</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>house, then took a train inland, and
went by stage to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>the Alsea area of Lincoln Co. <A
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Gene</FONT> </DIV>
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<A title=LSchiendel@aol.com
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<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> Saturday, October 02, 2004 2:58
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Train to
Oregon</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks Gene,</DIV>
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<DIV>But I really don't think they were ever on a boat. Would have heard
something about that over the years. Now I am puzzled.<IMG
src="http://cdn-cf.aol.com/se/smi/0201d20638/03"> Maybe I will
never know.</DIV>
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