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<DIV><FONT size=3>Want to look up the first wagon train.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>research ( Sapling grove ) Kansas, I think, this was the name
before it was called Kansas, but any how the story about the wagon trains and
how they got going was Interesting. Also look up trappers before 1843 in
Oregon.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Most people dont know, San Francisco was a
booming town by 1820's and people were already traveling north.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> What I thought was interesting, of the Matney
brothers - 6, 3 went to Frisco while 3 went to the East coast and walked back
among the Indians and other hazards with the 1843 train. Matheny people were
real good at getting into places where they could get into the lime lights of
history.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Matney sorta got lost in the shuffle, and Joe
Meek just sorta boomed his way to eternal history.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Interesting ( Tatem, I have - Tate - Tait) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Dan</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=pswitzertatum@peoplepc.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mygenrw2@gmail.com
href="mailto:mygenrw2@gmail.com">James</A> ; <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 28, 2011 4:23
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] 2 questions of
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<P><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,sans-serif>Thanks for
your kind response. Very interesting information - also thanks. Yes, Into the
Setting Sun, that's the book - thanks for giving me the title; just could not
remember it. It was a good story, but I was puzzled by some of the P.O.V. as
well, such as for example about who was the "first" leader of the "first"
wagon train to Oregon, etc. Very interesting. </FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,sans-serif>Perhaps the
Matneys and Matheneys were the same lines at some earlier date. Such as is
probablw e with Tatham, Tatum, Tatom, and Tatem. And I have always wondered
but not found any proofs that Ballards and Bullards are from the same original
name. My Bullard ancestors are also interesting but not a main research for
me, only as far as they connect to the Capps, Moore, McClintock and
Sumner lines I am closer to.</P></FONT></FONT></FONT>
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