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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>If we were to list - the first pioneers to
Oregon.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Would it be the trappers who came long before any others
?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Also - San Francisco was a town way before 1840, how many
people came from there?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> I read six Matney brothers came to
America - 3 went to the east coast , 3 went to San Francisco and I guess stayed
there.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> It would be interesting to know the very early
parts of this history of Oregon. < praise Joe Meek we have Oregon
;)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I noticed the Sapling grove mention did not get any
attention.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Now how about all the mail and news paper artcles that
sparked the first people to migrate west ?<BR>Dan M</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>