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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I enjoyed the colorful story. Thanks for sharing Stephen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Denise<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The web page I made for my parents is at: <a href="http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~merritt/">http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~merritt/</a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>My genealogy related pages are at:<br><a href="http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~merritt/">http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~merritt/</a><br>and <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~merritt/">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~merritt/</a><br>The latter created using John Cardinal's Second Site</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>User of The Master Genealogist (TMG) <a href="http://www.whollygenes.com/">http://www.whollygenes.com/</a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> rowriver@aol.com<br><br></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Les,<br><br>That's one I had not heard.<br><br>The most generally accepted story regarding the renaming of the Row River follows:<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In the mid 1800s this river was known as the North Fork of the Middle Fork of the Willamette River. Early Oregon Pioneers that settled along the river which runs from the Cascades west to the Willamette near present day Cottage Grove. <br><br>These Pioneers always felt that the name was much too difficult to pronounce. It just did not roll off the tongue very easily so, almost from the beginning of settlement, the community was trying to come up with a name that was more suitable, easier to say but could not agree.<br><br>At this same time two families that had DLCs in the area, the Clarks and the Southwells, were embroiled in a bitter 'row' or feud that went back to their roots in Yorkshire, England and Morgan County, Illinois. They were, by the way related through marriage.<br><br>Everyone along the river was aware of this feud... In the spring of 1868, March 27th this 'row' boiled over and a confrontation between Joseph Southwell; his sons Benjamin, Edwin, and John and George Clark erupted. The dispute is generally thought to have been over land and sheep. During this confrontation George Clark was shot in the back by one of the Southwells and killed. <br><br>The other residents along the North Fork of the Middle Fork of the Willamette declared the Clark/Southwell 'row" at an end and agreed to rename the river the Row River in honor of George Clark. <br><br>George Clark was my ggg grandfather.<br><br><br>So when I was setting up my email accounts I chose rowriver as a tribute to my grandfather. It is a good story anyway... Hope you enjoyed it.<br><br><br>Stephen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>