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<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT color=#0000ff>The Cobb Salad, like
margaritas and chimichangas, may have a murky history, but here is another
version:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT color=#0000ff><A
href="http://www.kitchenproject.com/history/CobbSalad.htm">http://www.kitchenproject.com/history/CobbSalad.htm</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT color=#0000ff>at <A
href="http://www.lakecountymuseum.com/robinsoncollectionroom.html">http://www.lakecountymuseum.com/robinsoncollectionroom.html</A> they
say, "Did you know that the Cobb Salad was named after Cobina
Wright?"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT color=#0000ff>Will we ever know for
sure?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT color=#0000ff>By the way, I didn't
know this, due to my fading memory (ok, I never knew this) Cobina, Sr. (who was
born Elaine Cobb)<FONT color=#000000> </FONT>was born in Lakeview in 1887, and
became a socialite in NYC. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT color=#0000ff>This will have you in
stitches: <A
href="http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,748394,00.html">http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,748394,00.html</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT color=#0000ff>and this: <A
href="http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822184,00.html">http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822184,00.html</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=125510317-31082006><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT color=#0000ff>And, daughter Cobina,
Jr., (b 1921 in NYC) whom Mama apparently saw as her heir apparent, became
a glamour girl star in Hollywood. On Bob Hope's show, in 1939, after she
sued him for making fun of her. <A
href="http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=77589">http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=77589</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT color=#0000ff>Now, all of this doesn't
say anything more about the Cobb Salad, but I'll bet you that Cobina, Jr., and
Mama were in Hollywood, probably frequenting the Brown Derby in 1937. Maybe Bob
Cobb was a relative?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT color=#0000ff>Hmm, there's an Essie on
the 1900 and 1910 census, b ca 1888. Could that be "Elaine"? If so, Bob Cobb
wasn't a brother to Elaine, as her mother had only one child. There was a
sister-in-law in the 1900, named Helen. In the 1880 there is a Benjamin, b Mass,
who is living with a bunch of other sheepherders, not yet married to Della,
Essie/Elaine's mother. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT color=#0000ff>Going too far, here,
aren't I? Well, just some morning's exercise.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125510317-31082006><FONT color=#0000ff>Pat (in
Tucson)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Diane<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 31, 2006 09:15<BR><B>To:</B>
or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Interesting
Oregon Information<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=3>Buried near Jordan Valley is the son of
Sacajawea...John Baptiste Charbonneau.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=3>Cobina Wright was a Lakeview girl. She
created the Cobb salad as well as had a wonderful singing voice.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=clarees@adelphia.net href="mailto:clarees@adelphia.net">Clara</A>
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<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, August 31, 2006 6:34
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Interesting
Oregon Information</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#000080>Keep the interesting info coming, I am
really enjoying it. I had no idea so many celebreties were born in our
wonderful state. </FONT></DIV>
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