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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Below is the best photo I have of the Shea
house. You'll notice that it is a double exposure as were all of the
pictures my mother took of the front of this house. ?? Although it was a 2
story house, the 2nd floor was never finished. My mother used the second
floor to hang the wash when it rained.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Shea house 1880?-1948</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Foster, Oregon</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Electricity was a mile to the left (in Foster),
and it would have cost us a fortune to have it brought to us. There was a
small room in the area that looks like it was the living room (far left),
but we used as a bedroom. I have no idea what this tiny room was intended
for when the house was built circa 1880, but we put our useless electric devices
in it. Specifically the washing machine and the waffle iron. These
and other goodies stayed hidden away in there until the Willamette National
mill brought electricity to us.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Can anyone tell me the year that the Willamette
National Lumber Mill at Foster was built? I watched it happen, but I do
not recall the year - after 1943 before 1948.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Cecil</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cchouk@cox.net href="mailto:cchouk@cox.net">Cecil Houk</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</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 28, 2005 3:21
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Green or Brown?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Green or Brown?</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I was born brown (1939 Sisters), but grew up
green (1942-1957 mostly around Sweet Home). A great number of my
ancestors traveled by wagon train to Oregon 1843-1868; some remained green,
some moved to brown. My paternal grandfather (Wm. Houk) was born
near Lebanon in 1868; just a few days after his parents unloaded their
wagon. He relocated, married (Nora May Montgomery), and raised a family
in brown territory.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Now I'll beat the Shea property to death.
In 1943 my father bought 20 acres a mile east of Foster. This was what
all that was remaining of the J. Shea homestead. When Nora May was a
child her father (Canada Montgomery) operated a freight wagon between central
Oregon and the Willamette Valley. I don't know the exact route or the
years, but I do know that the Montgomerys would stop at the Shea "ranch" to
buy onions. Here is a link to a photo of the house Nora May saw as a
little girl (1800?), and I lived in age 4 - 9
(1943-1948):</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/rulaford/3/foster-house0.jpg">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/rulaford/3/foster-house0.jpg</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Stand by for a bomb blast and do kill the
sound track - I'M NO KIDDING! Here's a link to much more about the Shea
place:</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/rulaford/3/index2.htm">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/rulaford/3/index2.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>This is a link to Nora May's entry in
my GEDCOM. It includes a photo of her and Wm. that was taken in (I
think) 1939. Her obit from the 1953 The Oregonian is also
there.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><A
href="http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cchouk&id=I00043">http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cchouk&id=I00043</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>To read about and see (some) of my Oregon Trail
families go to:</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/oregon_trail/">http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/oregon_trail/</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Born brown, raised green, ended up in San Diedo,
and now I'm dark brown. :-)</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Cecil</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Cecil Houk, ET1 USN Ret.<BR>PO Box 530833<BR>San Diego
CA 92153<BR>FAX 619-428-6434<BR><A
href="mailto:cchouk@cox.net">mailto:cchouk@cox.net</A><BR>ANDERSON - BLAKELY -
FORD - HOUK - KIMSEY - MOE - RULAFORD - SIMPSON<BR>Searchable GEDCOM: <A
href="http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cchouk">http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cchouk</A><BR>My
web page MENU: <A
href="http://members.cox.net/~cchouk/">http://members.cox.net/~cchouk/</A><BR></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>