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<DIV>In a message dated 8/27/2008 8:47:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
nancydean@columbia-center.org writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Calibri size=3>This is just
fascinating to me. The family's name may have been STEVENS. My Stevens
settled Howell Prairie, Marion Co., OR</FONT> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Only two other settlers lived in the area at the time -- Eugene Skinner,
the founder of Eugene, and Elijah Bristow of Pleasant Hill.</DIV>
<DIV>Stevens was likely the first settler in present day Springfield, Ore. He
died in 1860 in a farm accident.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Go to KATU.COM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=5>Unearthed remains linked to Lane County
pioneer</FONT></STRONG></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>There was an interesting article in this mornings Eugene Register-Guard.
The Register-Guard</DIV>
<DIV>gets the newspaper on line by about noon. <A
href="http://www.RegisterGuard.com">www.RegisterGuard.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Linda VanOrden</DIV>
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