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<P>Don't mean to interup the conversation, but Violet Moore Guy? do you have a address or e-mail?</P>
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<P>Harguess, Dale wrote:<BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 8px; MARGIN-LEFT: 8px; BORDER-LEFT: lightgrey 1px solid">This is an email I received from Violet Moore Guy on 5/19/06. The Jean<BR>Leaper she is addressing is the lady back in Iowa who was writing the<BR>book.<BR>These two ladies have done a lot of research.<BR>Dale> <BR><BR><BR>Jean Leaper:<BR>><BR>> A life long friend, who was in high school & college with me, recently<BR>told<BR>> me over the telephone, that there was a biography of the Lewelling<BR>> nurseryman in the Oregon Historical Society. As I was talking to her<BR>about<BR>> our upcoming DHS Class Reunion (or get-to-gether, by now), which was<BR>> scheduled to be held in early May during Pioneer Days in The Dalles,<BR>Wasco<BR>> County, Oregon, she mentioned her late husband's Cherry Orchard. Yes,<BR>The<BR>> Dalles is noted for its Cherries! I do recall my Grandmother's Bing<BR>Cherry<BR>> tree. Remember this Bing Cherry was developed by the Lewellings, and<BR>they<BR>> brought nursery stock in a wagon on the Oregon Trail in 1847. (The<BR>rest of<BR>> Wasco County is known for its wheat lands -- my father would grow<BR>small<BR>> plots of experimental wheat for the Wasco County Agricultural Agent on<BR>our<BR>> Moore Family's BLM lands, along with winter wheat as the money crop &<BR>other<BR>> grains such as oats & barley for horse/cattle feed.)<BR>><BR>><BR>> I have hunted Lewelling references in Oregon for you:<BR>><BR>> 1) <A href="http://bluebook.state.or.us/notable/notother" target=_blank>http://bluebook.state.or.us/notable/notother</A><BR>> Lewelling, Seth (nurseryman, 1820-1896) under Other Notable<BR>Oregonians<BR>> (but no information, so go the the URL for the Oregon Historical<BR>Society,<BR>> below.)<BR>><BR>> 2) <A href="http://www.ohs.org/collections/index.cfm" target=_blank>http://www.ohs.org/collections/index.cfm</A><BR>> Oregon Historical Society<BR>><BR>> Go to Collections, then Search OHS book and serial holdings online<BR>using<BR>the<BR>> Research Library Catalog.<BR>> (I entered Lewlling, Seth -- 3 items including a biographical sketch<BR>came<BR>> up.)<BR>><BR>> I hope that this will be helpful.<BR>><BR>> Violet Moore Guy<BR>> 05/19/2006<BR>><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>or-roots mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target=_blank>or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</A><BR><A href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots" target=_blank>http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>-- <BR><FONT color=#0000ff size=4><STRONG>Marsha pmml@meritel.net pmml@wvi.com genealogy:Bradley,Fish,Leabas</STRONG></FONT></body></html>