Lanita, I have been curious about how Oregon Co. camed to be named that. Do you have any idea or even why it was changed from Webster? Jane Foley NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lanita Sconce Smith" <ozarkn@grm.net> To: <mo-oregon-history@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Fristoe's Regiment, MO Calvary > Oregon Co. was originally named Webster before they changed it to > Oregon. > > Lanita > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MO-OREGON-HISTORY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
It was never named Webster. Oregon county was created in 1845 from part of Ripley County. Ripley County was created in 1833 from part of Wayne County. Wayne county was created before statehood and covered about the area of everything south of and including Springfield. Webster County was created in 1855 from land that was part of the original Wayne county. Gene At 09:17 AM 4/21/2007, you wrote: >Lanita, I have been curious about how Oregon Co. camed to be named that. Do >you have any idea or even why it was changed from Webster? > >Jane Foley >NC > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Lanita Sconce Smith" <ozarkn@grm.net> >To: <mo-oregon-history@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 7:59 PM >Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Fristoe's Regiment, MO Calvary > > >> Oregon Co. was originally named Webster before they changed it to >> Oregon. >> >> Lanita >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MO-OREGON-HISTORY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MO-OREGON-HISTORY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
According to Lewis Simpson, deceased historian from Alton, the name Oregon was selected for Oregon County because the Oregon Trail was very much in the news in those days and the people liked the name. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Phillips" <okienms@telepath.com> To: <mo-oregon-history@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Fristoe's Regiment, MO Calvary > It was never named Webster. Oregon county was created in 1845 from part of > Ripley County. Ripley County was created in 1833 from part of Wayne > County. Wayne county was created before statehood and covered about the > area of everything south of and including Springfield. > Webster County was created in 1855 from land that was part of the original > Wayne county. > > Gene > > At 09:17 AM 4/21/2007, you wrote: >>Lanita, I have been curious about how Oregon Co. camed to be named that. >>Do >>you have any idea or even why it was changed from Webster? >> >>Jane Foley >>NC >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Lanita Sconce Smith" <ozarkn@grm.net> >>To: <mo-oregon-history@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 7:59 PM >>Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Fristoe's Regiment, MO Calvary >> >> >>> Oregon Co. was originally named Webster before they changed it to >>> Oregon. >>> >>> Lanita >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> MO-OREGON-HISTORY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>MO-OREGON-HISTORY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MO-OREGON-HISTORY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >