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<DIV>carla, i can believe all that. if anyone knew all the stories i
have. i can't prove any of them since they are all family
rememberances. you could be accurate about some of the smaller communities
in the woodburn area. there are so many russians there and they all see to
stick togeather except when they sell their produce. i think most of them
live in the whiskey hill area. if memory serves, and we are lucky if it
does. i need a new memory chip for me. can't remember the size but
there is another cem right there which is i believe west of the whiskey hill
store and large intersection. i am sure its called zion cem. and i am
pretty sure it is or was a very religious one at that. i have yet to
have any of thes elderly people intentionally lie to me. when i was
researching loudon rd. just out of corbett, i just beat on doors til i found who
i was after and he turned into a wealth of info. name was "toot
evens" and he had pics that he gave to me and a real historian. in
all these areas i have gone to post offices, stores, and peoples front
porch. you name it, and i have probably done it.</DIV>
<DIV>gary</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 08, 2006 9:34
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Where is
Waconda?l</DIV>
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<DIV>Hey Gary...just to add another little twist: In the booklet that he
prepared for one of the Oregon Bonney family gatherings, Wm. Bonney who was
the director of the Washington State Historical Society in Tacoma ca. 1930's
noted:</DIV>
<DIV><EM>"...Waconda, 'the town that was God'...."</EM> I have
always wondered what reference he was making. In researching that area
though, one finds a number of religious groups forming their own
communities ca. 1850's through 1860's. In fact, it was the first stop of
Rev. Keil and his party who later moved north to Pacific County, (near Menlo)
Washington...this is the father of Willy Keil whose body was brought over the
Oregon Trail in a coffin filled with alcohol.</DIV>
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