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<DIV>To Aileen, what part of Minn. did your</DIV>
<DIV>people come from, mine were in Henn.</DIV>
<DIV>Co.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=hai@callatg.com href="mailto:hai@callatg.com">Aileen Itzen</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> Thursday, September 08, 2005 7:42
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Travel in
1878</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>My family came from Minnesota to San Francisco by train in
1873, and by boat <BR>up the coast to the Columbia River and then to Oregon
City. So it was <BR>possible to make the trip by train if you included a
boat ride that early. <BR>Aileen<BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From:
"Suz_ES" <<A
href="mailto:Suz_ES@verizon.net">Suz_ES@verizon.net</A>><BR>To: <<A
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>><BR>Sent:
Thursday, September 08, 2005 3:42 PM<BR>Subject: RE: [or-roots] Travel in
1878<BR><BR><BR>> Are there passenger lists I can access to see if he used
the train?<BR>><BR>> Suzanne in Newberg<BR>> <A
href="mailto:suz_es@verizon.net">suz_es@verizon.net</A><BR>>
Clark/Sims/Henry/Lambert/Forrest (Yamhill Cty)<BR>>
Averill/Robison/Orr/Kingery (Benton, Coos, Linn Cty)<BR>><BR>>
-----Original Message-----<BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A><BR>>
[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of Kith-n-Kin<BR>>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 7:51 AM<BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>;
<A href="mailto:'OREGON-L@rootsweb">'OREGON-L@rootsweb</A>. com'<BR>>
Subject: RE: [or-roots] Travel in 1878<BR>><BR>><BR>> No reason to
think they didn't come by wagon -- some of mine did as late <BR>>
as<BR>> 1887-88. Some came by train<BR>> in 1893, also from
Nebraska.<BR>><BR>> Train travel to Oregon probably wouldn't have taken
place until after<BR>> 1883 -- but perhaps a party could<BR>> have used
rail and trail both before that.<BR>><BR>> Here's a little history on
the subject from<BR>> <A
href="http://pdxhistory.com.tripod.com/pdxtrains/pdxtrains.html">http://pdxhistory.com.tripod.com/pdxtrains/pdxtrains.html</A>:<BR>><BR>>
"Early settlers claimed the land that became Portland in 1843 and by
1849<BR>> the town had grown enough to<BR>> have a Post Office. New
settlers sailed from California up the coast to <BR>> the<BR>> Columbia
River and then down<BR>> the Willamette River for a short way to get to
Portland, or they braved <BR>> the<BR>> elements and traveled
overland<BR>> by wagon train.<BR>><BR>> Railroad History in Oregon
began when Ben Holliday started building the<BR>> Oregon & California
Railroad in<BR>> 1869. He made it to McMinnville in 1872 and ran out of
money. Henry <BR>> Villard,<BR>> who represented German<BR>>
bondholders took control of the line. It took 8 years for construction
to<BR>> resume. On May 4, 1884 Villard<BR>> got as far as Ashland before
the line was sold to the Southern Pacific<BR>> Railroad. Service from
Portland to<BR>> California finally opened in 1887.<BR>><BR>> Rail
service from Portland to the east opened in 1883 when the Oregon<BR>>
Railroad and Navigation Company,<BR>> which went east of Portland along the
Columbia River, and connected with <BR>> the<BR>> Northern Pacific
Railroad at<BR>> Wallula Junction, which is south of Tri-Cities,
Washington.<BR>><BR>> A second transcontinental railroad opened in 1884
when the OR&N connected<BR>> with the Oregon Short Line and<BR>> the
Union Pacific at Huntington, Oregon.<BR>><BR>> Railroads grew in
popularity and eventually they became the preferred <BR>> method<BR>> of
travel, in the days before<BR>> airplanes and busses. Northern Pacific,
Union Pacific, Great Northern and<BR>> Southern Pacific all served<BR>>
Portland with passenger and freight service."<BR>><BR>>
Regards,<BR>><BR>> Pat (in Tucson)<BR>> Nosco vestri atavi est
ingredior intellego vestri ego<BR>> (To become acquainted with your
ancestors is to begin to comprehend your<BR>> self)<BR>><BR>><BR>>
-----Original Message-----<BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A><BR>>
[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us] On Behalf Of<BR>>
Suz_ES<BR>> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 22:16<BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:OREGON-L@rootsweb">OREGON-L@rootsweb</A>. com<BR>> Cc: <A
href="mailto:or-Roots@Sosinet">or-Roots@Sosinet</A>. Sos. State. or.
Us<BR>> Subject: [or-roots] Travel in 1878<BR>><BR>><BR>> I have a
question about travel to Oregon in 1878. How many different ways<BR>>
did people come to Oregon? I<BR>> am tracking an ancestor that was in
Nebraska in 1870 (1870 Fed Census) and<BR>> was married in Oregon in
1876<BR>> or 78. I don't think he came out on a wagon train, but
maybe via <BR>> railroad?<BR>> I just need to know what to<BR>>
persue first.<BR>><BR>> Thanks<BR>><BR>> Suzanne in
Newberg<BR>> <A
href="mailto:suz_es@verizon.net">suz_es@verizon.net</A><BR>>
Clark/Sims/Henry/Lambert/Forrest (Yamhill Cty)
Averill/Robison/Orr/Kingery<BR>> (Benton, Coos, Linn Cty)<BR>><BR>>
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