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<DIV>Monsieur Belanger,</DIV>
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<DIV>Pardon my high school French, but I couldn't resist. Do you have our
ancestor, William P. Harpole & family in your book, as they came to Oregon
in 1851. His brother, James Walker Harpole was captain of that wagon train
I believe. The Oregon State Library and the Salt Lake City Family History
Center have copies of HARPOLE family books, if you need their information.
I don't have pictures of the family, but there are some interesting stories of
this family in the books I've read. Our William P. Harpole was an Oregon
politician, who died on the campaign trail while running for another term.
I have his widow, Nancy M. Mc Mullen Harpole's informative obituary, and could
share it with you. </DIV>
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<DIV>Respectfully,</DIV>
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<DIV>Gerrie Stults, Idaho</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 8/23/2008 3:27:29 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
skipb@rcn.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Bonjour,
Ray,<BR><BR>I was elated when I saw your reference to an 1851 map of the
Willamette<BR>Valley! You see I am just ready to publish a book on the
Oregon Trail<BR>migration of 1851, and would dearly like to include that
map. The<BR>problem is that I live so far away from a western library
that would<BR>have a copy of that book so that I could photocopy the
map. I wonder if<BR>it would be possible for you to scan that map at 300
dpi and send it to<BR>me...I would be so very grateful! If it is too
large for your scanner,<BR>would it be possible for you to take the book to a
copy center and have<BR>them do it? I, of course, would cover the cost
of transportation, the<BR>copies......and a light, non alcoholic lunch if that
is required :-)<BR><BR>Unfortunately, I am working against a deadline
right now regarding the<BR>selection of pictures for my book, so I am hoping
you could fit this<BR>chore into your doubtless busy schedule.<BR><BR>Your
humble servant &c., &c.,<BR><BR>Albert<BR><BR>Albert Edward
Belanger<BR>128 Middle Road<BR>Brentwood, NH 03833<BR><BR>Researching the 1851
Oregon Trail Migration<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Ray
Powell [mailto:rayp6217@comcast.net] <BR>Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 1:15
AM<BR>To: or-roots mail list<BR>Subject: [or-roots] Historical maps<BR><BR>Hi
everyone!<BR><BR>I've been lurking on this list for a few years and have made
a comment<BR>or <BR>two when people have asked questions about old
'placenames' and where<BR>they <BR>were located. The longtime researchers on
this list have probably<BR>already <BR>seen it but I just came across a book
called "Maps of Historical Oregon"<BR>by <BR>R. N. Preston printed in 1972.
Western Guide Publishers of Corvallis, OR<BR><BR>were the publishers. Mr
Preston seems to have done a number of these<BR>books <BR>for the Northwest as
I found other books on Washington and Idaho.<BR><BR>It might just be that I am
fascinated with maps (always have been,<BR>always <BR>will be) but I find this
a very interesting publication. There are the <BR>following
maps:<BR><BR>Oregon 1804 - Very little is shown because this was apparently
drawn and<BR><BR>used at the time of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition.<BR><BR>Oregon 1838 - The origin of this early map is unknow;
however, it shows<BR>the <BR>original spelling of many places, some long since
forgotten.<BR><BR>Willamette Valley 1851 - Some interesting names appear on
this map in<BR>the <BR>Willamette Valley. Some are just interesting spelling
variations and<BR>some <BR>are names of places that were changed to something
totally different.<BR><BR>Oregon 1859 - Very interesting as it was made just
as Oregon was a newly<BR><BR>formed state.<BR><BR>Oregon 1863 -<BR><BR>Indian
Battlegrounds 1863 - 1865<BR><BR>Military Roads<BR><BR>Oregon
1871<BR><BR>Oregon 1876<BR><BR>Oregon 1878<BR><BR>Oregon 1878<BR><BR>Oregon
1881<BR><BR>Oregon 1887<BR><BR>Union Pacific Overland Route Map
1890<BR><BR>Oregon 1900<BR><BR>Oregon 1913<BR><BR>Oregon 1921<BR><BR>Oregon
Country and Counties<BR><BR>Oregon Military Camps and Forts 1851 -
1880<BR><BR>The 1878 map has a clear overlay that has makes it possible to
compare <BR>modern Oregon with Oregon of 1878. While the print on the maps
tend to<BR>be <BR>small (I find a magnifier to be immensely helpful) there is
a lot of<BR>info to <BR>be found.<BR><BR>The Corvallis Benton Public Library
has a copy in the Reference section<BR>of <BR>the library. My copy is a
privately owned one that I have borrowed for<BR>two <BR>or three weeks. Anyone
who is interested in locating places on a map<BR>would <BR>do well to take a
close look at this publication.<BR><BR>Ray Powell<BR><BR>s.o. Clarence, s.o.
Calvin Russell, s.o. Russell Bartholomew, s.o.<BR>Calvin <BR>II, s.o. Calvin
I, s.o. of Rowland Powell of MA
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