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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><STRONG><EM>The Grande Ronde Valley and Blue Mountains:
Impressions and Experience of Travelers and Emigrants, The Oregon Trail,
1812-1880</EM>," a report by Stephen Dow Beckham for the Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest, La Grande, Oregon. February 16, 1991. Beckham found
his resources from historical societies, libraries and archives from Oregon,
California, Washington, Indiana and Connecticut. There are hundreds
of entries in the report. <SPAN class=265214515-08082005>I only posted a
few of them on the </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
class=265214515-08082005><STRONG>Umatilla County History web site that
did years ago. </STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=265214515-08082005><STRONG><A
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=265214515-08082005><STRONG>There is a
Bibliography in the book. I don't know if the USFS had more copies printed
or not. I managed to get their last copy but I no longer have it. I gave it to a
friend so I am not able to do any look ups. You might check to see if there are
copies available through Inter-Library Loan.</STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=265214515-08082005><STRONG>Coos
Bay</STRONG></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Nancy Lee
Adams<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 08, 2005 8:47 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] emigrant
diaries<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>Darlene,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>I wished I knew, because my
(ggg-grandfather) Hanson Stevens family left Keokuck, Iowa &
</FONT><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>arrived Howell Prairie/Silverton,
Marion Co., Oregon abt. Oct. 9, 1852.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>Same goes for my McCubbins Clan
arrived Howell Prairie/Silverton, Marion Co., Oregon abt. Oct. 9, 1852
from Franklin Co., Missouri.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>In fact my (ggg-grandfather) James
McCubbins's son--Samuel McCubbins married a daughter of Hanson
Stevens--Sarah Ellen Stevens, both pioneer families of 1852.
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>Please let me know if you find
or</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>anyone else knows of a "travel
diary" </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>Thanks!
Nancy </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2><FONT
face="Lucida Bright"><I><B>From:</B></I> </FONT></FONT><A
href="mailto:darlene@thecasteels.net"><FONT face="Lucida Bright"
size=2>Darlene Casteel</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2><FONT
face="Lucida Bright"><I><B>Date:</B></I> 08/08/05
07:50:38</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face="Lucida Bright"><I><B>Subject:</B></I> [or-roots] emigrant
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>James and Eliza Jane Hamlin left
Iowa in April and arrived in Oregon in</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>October of 1852. Does
anyone know of a "travel diary" kept by a fellow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>traveler on this trek to the
"promised land"?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Bright" size=2>Darlene Casteel</FONT></DIV>
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