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<P>Thanks for this information and website link - very interesting.</P>
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<P>I have been reading "Into the Eye of the Setting Sun: A Story of the West When it Was New" (2nd ed. 1991) by Charlotte Matheny Kirkwood. Someone on this list had mentioned it and Cedar Mill Library has a copy. I wonder if anyone can answer a question for me?</P>
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<P>Charlotte remembers a Capt. Gantt as the leader of her 1843 wagon train from Missouri. As I understand it she was in one of the first if not the first wagon train to Oregon. But I saw the tombstone of Capt. David Lenox at the West Union Cemetery and it states that he was the Capt. of the first wagon train to Oregon in 1843. Charlotte does mention David Lenox's name, but not as a leader. Can anyone clear that up for me?</P>
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<P>She also mentions an Aunt Jane Cooper (Mrs. John M.) who was Minerva Jane McClintock. Does anyone know who Minerva Jane McClintock's parents were?</P>
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<P>Paulette<BR><BR><BR></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">In 1853 the Longmire-Biles wagon train went through the Naches Pass to Western Washington. There is a website: http://www.nachestrail.org/<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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