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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Bonjour,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:blue'>There were
several POWELL folks on the Trail in 1851.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>When where your folks traveling?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Albert<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'>Albert Edward
Belanger<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=2
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'>128 Middle Road<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=2
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'>Brentwood, NH
03833<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=2
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=2
color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'>Researching the
1851 </span></font></i><st1:place><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font
size=2 color=blue><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'>Oregon Trail</span></font></i></st1:place><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=2 color=blue><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal;
mso-no-proof:yes'> Migration<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span
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Wrote:</span></font></b></strong><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span
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face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>:</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Your Stevens
family may have joined in with another train coming through.</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Quite often that
happened.</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>My POwell
families had another train join them. It was the Hunter train. I
can</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>find</span></font></span><font
size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> no record of the Powell train (about 50 wagons)
and I am trying to find</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span
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size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> on the Hunter train. That way one knows
about what our families</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>experienced</span></font></span><font
size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> along the way. You might try that.</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>I am writing a
historical novel about the Powells travel to </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Oregon</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font size=2
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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font size=2
face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Territory</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> and</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>I'd like to have
more than what I have to make the book interesting. A lot has</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>to</span></font></span><font
size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> be fabricated to glue the facts and dates
together.</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>The Powells came
over the trail, branched out onto the Barlow Trail to </span></font><st1:State><st1:place><font
size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Oregon</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>City
(where I live) and then up the </span></font></span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Willamette</span></font></span></st1:PlaceName><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> </span></font></span><st1:PlaceType><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>River</span></font></span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> to </span></font></span><st1:place><st1:City><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Linn County</span></font></span></st1:City><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>, </span></font></span><st1:State><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Oregon</span></font></span></st1:State></st1:place><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>.</span></font></span><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Howell Prairie
is beautiful farming country. Sam <span class=GramE>Barlow ,</span>
who built the Barlow</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Trail, lived a
little north of there. </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Linn</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font size=2
face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font size=2
face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>County</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> is quite a bit south of</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Howell
Prairie.</span></font></span><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>I can take a
picture of Howell Prairie area for you if you'd like. It wouldn't</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>look</span></font></span><font
size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> like in the 1800's but you could see the terrain.</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Talk Later;</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Bright"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Dorothy</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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