The Puget Sound Herald Steilacoom, Washington Territory Thursday Morning, 31 July 1862 Page 2, Column 2 THE OVERLAND EMIGRATION FOR THE FAR WEST A Company of twenty-five persons, principally from Ohio, left this city on Tuesday last, (the 8d) for the Salmon, Burnt and Powder River gold mines, situated in Eastern Oregon and Washington Territory. The following are the names of the party: Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Smith, Charles Coffinberry, Miss C. Coffingberry, Miss M. McClung, Miss E. Tubbs, ROBERT RAY J. BUSHONG, Clifton A. Ogden, Peter Swein, T. Lord, Findlay, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Platt Fish, Four Corners, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer and J. E. Sawyer, Sandusky, NY; Miss Hattie E. Smith, Bellevue, Ohio; Mrs. L. E. Cooke and daughter, East Toledo, Ohio; D. H. Jones, Salem, Oregon; George Robinson, Flint, Michigan; Mrs. J. Beach, Connecticut; Mrs. E. Tracy, Buffalo, NY; Kennedy Mordis, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The company had the finest outfit we have seen this season. The stock consisted of very fine mules and ponies; two coaches and several wagons, and no doubt they will make excellent time between Leavenworth and the new El Dorado. They go via Salt Lake, and expect to arrive at Salmon river by the 20th of August. It will be fortunate for that new country if it is settled by an energetic people as this company is composed of. It is good to see the ladies go into a new Territory---they carry civilization and refinement wherever they go; their influence is always appreciated in the "diggings." The train is in charge of Captain Smith, who has crossed the Plains several times; the first in 1845. --------------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong