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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Green or Brown?</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Born brown, raised green, ended up in San Diedo,
and now I'm dark brown. :-)</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Cecil</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<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></BODY></HTML>