Researching: Clark, 1852 to Linn Co. Clayton, 1869 to Clackamas then to Columbia Co., WA Duzan, believe to have arrived 1869 with Clayton Fuller, ditto Foster, 1845 to Clackamas Co. Long, to Lane Co. 1850-51 Pettry, abt 1913, in a boxcar. Wes Cherry

From my GEDCOM: ID: I02275 Name: William Kinder Sex: M Birth: 22 JUN 1816 in Shelby Co., KY Death: 20 APR 1896 in Scio, Linn Co., OR Father: John Kinder b: BET. 1775 - 1780 Mother: Martha Jane Melaone\Malone b: ABT. 1796 Marriage 1 Lydia Bilyeu b: 10 MAR 1818 in Overton Co., TN Married: 5 AUG 1835 in Macoupin Co., IL Children 1. William Hubbard "Hub" Kinder b: 26 JAN 1843 in Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL 2. Nancy Jane Kinder b: 19 NOV 1836 in prob Macoupin Co., IL 3. John Thomas Kinder b: 1 NOV 1838 in IL or MO 4. Joshua Greenup "Green" Kinder b: 23 DEC 1839 in prob Miller Co., MO Marriage 2 Julia Ann Bilyeu b: 10 JUN 1826 in Overton Co., TN Married: 27 MAY 1845 in Miller Co., MO Children 1. Alva Kinder b: 24 FEB 1846 in prob Miller Co., MO 2. George Washington Kinder b: 30 DEC 1848 in prob Miller Co., MO 3. Rhodia Dianna Kinder b: 4 JUL 1850 in prob MIller Co., MO 4. Lucinda Elizabeth Kinder b: 29 NOV 1851 in prob MIller Co., MO 5. Lydia M. Kinder b: 24 APR 1854 in Douglas Co., OR 6. Mary Ann Kinder b: 8 OCT 1856 in nr Roseburg, Douglas Co., OR 7. Jacob A. Kinder b: 16 MAR 1859 in Douglas Co., OR 8. Rachel Maybelle Kinder b: 16 SEP 1861 in prob Douglas Co., OR 9. Hannah A. Kinder b: 14 APR 1863 in prob Douglas Co., OR 10. Martin E. Kinder b: 1 SEP 1866 in Douglas or Linn Co., OR Cecil Houk, ET1 USN Ret., AG6I PO Box 530833 San Diego CA 92153 res San Diego CA 92154-3654 NEW EMAIL ADDRESS mailto:cchouk@cox.net ANDERSON-BLAKELY-EGGERS-FORD-HOUK-KIMSEY-MONTGOMERY-RULAFORD-SIMPSON Searchable GEDCOM: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cchouk See also: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~donhouk My Web pages menu: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/rulaford/menu.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Purdy" <mjpurdy@cwnet.com> To: <OREGON-TRAIL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 6:05 PM Subject: Oregon trail research > Researching the following names Kinder, Bilyeu. > from Miller Co. Mo, > > William Kinder married Julia Ann Bilyeu > their son Alva Kinder married Martha Farmer. > Not sure if Martha was born in MO. would like to hear from others with information on these families. > He is buried in Linn Co. > > Thanks, Jackie & Merv. Purdy, Shingle Springs, CA. > This is my husbands line. > >

Researching the following names Kinder, Bilyeu. from Miller Co. Mo, William Kinder married Julia Ann Bilyeu their son Alva Kinder married Martha Farmer. Not sure if Martha was born in MO. would like to hear from others with information on these families. He is buried in Linn Co. Thanks, Jackie & Merv. Purdy, Shingle Springs, CA. This is my husbands line.

Oregon Trail folks - don't forget Stephenie Flora's outstanding website with listings for many, many of those who came on the trail. Her lists are broken down by year, and are excellent. http://www.oregonpioneers.com/ortrail.htm Mimi Stang

My grandfather, Jesse Shaw, his sister Hulda and his mother Mary reportedly came to Washington Territory by Wagon in 1878. I know this is a little late for most of the wagon trains but there is also oral history that says Jesse guided some trains across the Blue Mountains after their arrival in Washington. It was also reported that Mary's second husband abandoned her and her two adult children somewhere in Montana en route to Washington. Can anyone offer a clue where I might find any information on their trip west? I offer this piece that I copied from the Pomeroy Washington. Moses Wright was married to Hulda Shaw, my great aunt at the time of this story and they were married until Moses Wright died in 1917. I've found some information about their life in Wisconsin before moving to Washington but little about the early days in Dayton, Pomeroy and Walla Walla. Any assistance or pointers would be appreciated. Larry Shaw From the Pomeroy East Washingtonian, WA Newspaper April 14, 1906 Pioneers of Garfield County Moses Wright was born in Franklin County, VA Feb 14, 1828. His mother died when he was in his infancy. When he was in his 11th year his father removed to Indiana where Moses was reared and remained until he was 23 years of age. Beginning at this time, which was in the year 1851, Mr. Wright relates the events of the rest of his life up to the present (1906) as follows: "In '51 I started west, leaving Fort Leavenworth on the 4th of May. Our company consisted of 26 men and their families traveling with 18 wagons drawn by oxen. We got along very well and experienced no extreme hardship or unusual adventure, until we reached the Black Hills. At this place an incident occurred which proved to be very interesting to our party and may be of some interest to your readers. Two of us were ahead of the train and were suddenly surrounded by Indians. There were perhaps 25 Indians. They were of the Crow tribe. At first they pretended to be very friendly and all of them shook hands with us, drawing near and forming a close circle about us. They wanted to see our guns and urged us to let them take the guns in their own hands. We had been warned by parties at the fort that this was a trick of these Indians. We refused to let them have the guns, and this caused them to suddenly change their tactics and make a demonstration as if they were going to take the by force. My companion was badly scared. I was in no condition to express my feelings then, so I will keep still about them now. I remember telling my companion to shoot rather than give up the gun, yet I knew to shoot meant death to us for they were close around us. Acting quickly, we both cocked our guns and the Indians fell back as if we had fired on them. Then they formed a circle and sat down and asked to smoke with us. We complied with their request, and while we sat smoking we noticed that some of them sere signaling and receiving answers from some one back in the hills. We afterward learned that they were getting signs from the main band of Indians. "Finally our train arrived and the Indians wanted "muckamuck," and received a barrel or two of moulded crackers, of which they ate ravenously. They followed our train and increased in numbers until they were about 200. They would ride in among the teams and cross the road between them. This frightened the oxen so we were compelled to stop. Acting on what we decided was the best plan; every man got his gun and told the Indians that they must go. They went and that night we doubled our guard. We lost two or three horses during the night and our guard captured a Frenchman who ran a two horse rig into camp as fast as his team could come. We supposed the Frenchman was a spy for the Indians and kept him a prisoner over night. This was the only serious annoyance our party suffered from the Indians during the trip across the plains. One night, while we were camped at the head of Rock Creek, Idaho, the Indians shot into the train wounding a number of oxen. "On Sept. 4th, our party arrived at the Foster ranch, in Oregon, on the west side of the Cascade mountains. Here the men found employment and I went to work for the Cranfield saw mill company on the Clackamas River. Portland was a small town then and was not heard of in the east, but Oregon City was known as a place of some importance. "After spending six weeks at the mill, I found I had earned money enough to take me to Yreka, Cal, Which place was then beginning to attract attention for its placer mines. "In Feb., '52, I left what has since proven to be a fortune in mining claims in Yreka and Green Horn and followed a stampede to Jacksonville, Oregon where I lost the entire summer prospecting. In the spring of '53 I bought some cayuses and packed from Portland to the mines of Althouse Creek, a distance of some 300 miles. That winter flour sold from 50c to $1.25 a pound. After spending three years at packing out of Portland to mines and mining I went back to Indiana. At the end of another two years I bought a band of Shorthorn cattle, consisting of 17 heifers and cows and 4 bulls and drove them across the plains starting from Richmond, Indiana on the 13th of October, 1858 and reaching Benton County, Oregon, on the sixth of November of the following year. We spend the winter at Lawrence, Kansas, and lost some of the cattle. I left two of the bulls on the plains. One of these cost me $500. I was offered $2,000 for one of the bulls that I got through to Oregon. "In '61 I started for the Orofina mines traveling up the Pataha creek. There was only one house where the town of Pomeroy (Wa) now stands. That was the old "Dutch George" cabin. We never reached the Orofina, but confined our trip to the Clearwater and Buffalo districts. On the Clearwater we were stopped by Indians who refused to let us proceed, believing we intended to settle on their lands. On being assured that we wanted no land but were hunting gold the Indians consented to let us go ahead. In May we encountered 4 feet of snow in the Buffalo Country and were unable to do much prospecting, but we discovered what we knew to be rich dirt. At Elk City our party counted in one band 25 elk and two moose. They were very gentle. I killed a large buck in an alkaline lick. We found pay prospects at Elk City also. We named all the creeks and gulches in that vicinity. Two months after our arrival at Elk City there were from two to three thousand miners in camp. At Florence, one man had a claim that fairly glittered with gold. They described it as "looking like a yellow-jacket's nest." I went down into it and washed out of it $302 in dust. The next day there was taken from the same cut $3,300 in five hours." Leaving the mines, Mr. Wright returned to his stock ranch in Benton County, Oregon and in 1867 he came to Eastern Washington, settling on a place just south of Waitsburg. There he made his headquarters for several years, grazing his cattle and horses on the Snake River and for awhile establishing camp at Central Ferry, at which place he built two cabins for use by his herder. Mr. Wright's fine cattle and horses were known by all of the old timers for their excellent breeds. The shorthorn cattle brought to this place in the early days by J. M. Pomeroy were descendents of the Wright stock and are today regarded as some of the best strains of Shorthorns ever brought to the northwest. In '81 Mr. Wright homesteaded land on Ping gulch which he still owns. He was twice married. He served 60 days as a packer for the government in the Indian war of '55-6 and never received a nickel for his service. Hulda Shaw was born in Indiana in November, 1851, came west in '78. She was married to Moses Wright in 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have occupied their town home at the corner of Third and High streets. For several years. Mr. Wright is now at Hot Spring, Oregon, seeking a remedy for rheumatism.

Hi Listers: I have so many Oregon Trail families I made a web page: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/oregon_trail/ The names include: FORD SIMPSON KIMSEY HOUK COURTNEY MUNKERS LEWIS, and many many more. Good hunting, Cecil Cecil Houk, ET1 USN Ret., AG6I PO Box 530833 San Diego CA 92153 res San Diego CA 92154-3654 NEW EMAIL ADDRESS mailto:cchouk@cox.net ANDERSON-BLAKELY-EGGERS-FORD-HOUK-KIMSEY-MONTGOMERY-RULAFORD-SIMPSON Searchable GEDCOM: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cchouk See also: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~donhouk My Web pages menu: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/rulaford/menu.htm

Researching McCLURE (Denny Hoge McClure and Pernina Parrish McClure) 1851 to Linn Co, OR Researching PARRISH (Edward Evans Parrish) to Marion Co, OR in 1844,

Hi! Researching Desc of George W. Stewart VA>/TENN>IND>MO John H. STEWART, Arrived Benton Co., Spring 1846 Robert Smith STEWART, arrived Oct 1852 George Washington STEWART, Died on Oregon Trail 1851 James Harvey STEWART, Arrived Sept 1851 Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura" <pinkya@gte.net> To: <OREGON-TRAIL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 3:45 PM Subject: NORTHWEST COUSINS > Hi everyone > > It seems as if we are all related in the NW > > Keep posting to Walla Walla, Wasco, Benton, Franklin, and Columbia Counties. > > Lets have a call for your LINES!!! > > Post your names!! > > Let see some more activity on those county sites, I like to help! > > But we all join together on the Oregon Trail mailing list and compare notes > of our family migrations. > > Where were they before Columbia County, maybe Marion Co. Oregon, find your > cousins here!! > > OREGON TRAIL MAILING LIST > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/OREGON-TRAIL.html > > > Laura in Seattle > GALLOWAY, FUDGE, FINE, JOHNSON, HALES Columbia Co. Franklin County > > ______________________________

Borst, Kate (1855-1938) HISTORYLINK.ORG BIOGRAPHIES http://www.historylink.org/welcome.htm Kate Kanim Borst (1855-1938) was a Native American woman who was the third wife of Snoqualmie Valley settler, Jeremiah Borst. During her lifetime, she witnessed the transformation of the valley from prairies and Indian encampments to the beginnings of suburbia. Born of Royalty She was born Kate Kanim Smith in 1855 at Pleasant Hill near Tolt. Her father was a medicine man. Kate was a half-sister to Snoqualmie Chief Jerry Kanim, and also was related to Chief Seattle, leader of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. Her lineage is comparable to royalty by Western standards. When Kate was a child, her mother died, and Kate was taken to her grandmother's home. As a young woman, she married a white man with whom she had two children. He later abandoned her, and in 1880 she married Jeremiah Borst. Borst was the first permanent white settler in the region and is considered to be the father of the Snoqualmie valley community. Bridging Cultures Mrs. Borst adapted quite well to Western customs. She enjoyed fine clothing and the Borsts even hired Indian servants to help with household chores. Kate, being a tribal princess, was already accustomed to having servants perform these tasks. Although she took on the role of a pioneer's wife, she never lost her Native heritage. Once she fell ill, and three Seattle doctors were unable to help her. Indian medicine men came to her house, but Mr. Borst refused them. When her illness worsened and the doctors could do no more, he consented to allow the Indian healers a chance to save her. They placed her in a canoe and carried her down river to Indian Bill, a well-known healer. She lay on his floor, with fire on both sides of her. Indian Bill attempted to draw the evil spirits out of her, but she was too ill and it didn’t work. Another medicine man came to help. At this point Indian Bill motioned over her prone body, proclaimed that he had something, and grabbed it with his hands. At this, Kate opened her eyes wide and she quickly recovered. Old Bill had the spirit cut in two and thrown into the fire. Thankful and relieved, her husband paid the Indian doctor $100, a sizable sum in those days. Kate also attributed her recovery to the power of her father, which flowed through her. "The tamanowos of my father was in me fighting with that of someone else for possession," she said, "When the bad tamanowos was taken out I had no more pain." (Hill, Snoqualmie Valley,10) Perseverance Her husband died in 1890, and Kate received little from his estate. Still, she persevered, relying on her own resources to get by. She later remarried for a short time and moved to Redmond, but always went by the name Borst. Once, she was asked to christen the wooden boat Snoqualmie for the United States Emergency Fleet Corporation and received a gold watch from the builder. Her later years in Redmond were spent tending her garden and visiting with her many friends. Her knowledge of the medicinal use of herbs was of much use to neighbors during times of sickness. "Hold Yourself Erect" Mrs. Borst never learned to read or write, but was a fluent speaker of both Chinook and English. She was an invaluable resource to early local historians, always willing to share stores and to act as a bridge between two cultures. Kate Borst died in 1938 at the age of 83. A few years before her death, a feature article about her appeared in the local newspaper. When asked what advice she could give to the younger generation, she replied "Hold yourself erect. Walk straight" (East Side Journal). Sources: Clarence B. Bagley, History of King County (Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co, 1929) v. I, 783-784. Also see: Ada S. Hill, A History of the Snoqualmie Valley (Snoqualmie, WA: Snoqualmie Valley Historical Society: 1970); East Side Journal, June 8, 1933, p. 3. B y Alan J. Stein Laura

Found a fabulous HISTORYLINK.ORG site. Huge photos, maps, example of the writing below. TIMELINES and BIOS included. HISTORYLINK.ORG http://www.historylink.org/welcome.htm METHODIST MINISTER 1852 Daniel Bagley (1818-1905) was a Methodist preacher who traveled West in covered wagons with his family in 1852 as part of the Bethel Party. He and his wife Susannah Whipple Bagley (1819-1913) and son Clarence Bagley (1843-1932) arrived in Seattle in October 1860. Daniel Bagley established the Brown Church in Seattle in 1860 and besides preaching became a key advocate for the Territorial University and its location in Seattle. He also managed the Newcastle coal mines. His only son Clarence Bagley was 17 when he arrived in Seattle. He became a printer, publisher, and writer, a founder of the Washington State Historical Society, and the region's first and preeminent historian. Rolling Lucky Sevens This week marks the debuts of three Boeing airliners, each of which transformed commercial aviation in its era. The first of the company's trademark series of "sevens" was the Model 247. Designed for Boeing's United Air Lines, the sleek two-engine transport made its maiden flight from Boeing Field on February 8, 1933. Although it was soon surpassed by the DC-2, the 247 was the world's first true airliner and set the standard for all that would follow. Thirty years later, after Boeing's 707 had revolutionized air travel, airlines demanded a shorter-range jetliner able to operate from smaller airports. Boeing responded with the 727, distinguished by its three aft engines, high T-tail, and nimble pilot-pleasing performance. This remarkable aircraft lifted off for the first time from Renton Airport on February 9, 1963. Native Americans of Puget Sound -- A Snapshot History of the First People and Their Cultures Current scientific data indicate that Native Americans arrived from Siberia via the Bering Sea land bridge about 12,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age. Native Americans in King County, who are united by a common Lushootseed or Salish language system, believe they were created in this area at the end of an ancient "Myth Age." Major groups or tribes of local native peoples include the Suquamish, Duwamish, Nisqually, Snoqualmie, and Muckleshoot (Ilalkoamish, Stuckamish, and Skopamish) tribes. They evolved complex cultural, social, and economic structures which the invasion of Euro-American settlers in the mid-1800s almost erased, but which continue today as the tribes struggle for their survival, respect, and renewal. Ceremonies and Traditions The most important uses of the big cedar houses happened after everyone had returned -- after the moon (approximately November) called Sicalwas (shee-chal-wass) "putting paddles away." It was in winter that the most important yet least tangible wealth of traditional Puget Sound -- the ancient legends and ceremonies handed down through generations -- became most manifest. If a village did not possess a separate structure for ceremonial use, one of the large dwelling houses or al?al? (ahl-ahl) could be cleared of partitions and excess domestic furnishings and converted to a piGidaltx (pee-gwee-dalt-wh), a "smokehouse" or "longhouse" where tribal members, friends, and relatives from other groups could nightly share the dances and songs given to them by their guardian spirits as visible proof of a relationship with the supernatural world. Friends and family would help each dancer by singing along with the songs they recognized, and were themselves helped in their turn. Everyone present could benefit from this sharing of tradition and spiritual power from http://www.historylink.org/welcome.htm Sources: A Time of Gathering, ed. by R. Wright (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1999); Hermann Haeberlin and Erma Gunther, Indians of Puget Sound (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1930); Eyes of Chief Seattle, Exhibit narrative (Port Madison: Suquamish Museum, 1986); T.T. Waterman, Notes on the Ethnology of the Indians of Puget Sound (New York: Museum of the American Indian, 1973); Arthur Ballard, Mythology of Southern Puget Sound (Seattle: University of Washington, 1929; Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum, 1999); Maps based on Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown, A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992). Laura

LAND RECORDS HUMBOLT COUNTY CALIF--COFFEY AND COFFIN ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/humboldt/land/humboldt.txt HM 0030S 0030E 003 7227 1889/10/18 COFFEY THOMAS L HM 0030S 0030E 010 7227 1889/10/18 COFFEY THOMAS L HM 0060N 0040E 009 9540 1904/08/16 COFFIN ADDIE L HM 0060N 0040E 009 9541 1904/08/16 COFFIN GEORGE O HM 0040N 0050E 028 9871 1904/09/27 COFFIN MARY E HM 0040N 0050E 033 9871 1904/09/27 COFFIN MARY E HM 0120N 0010E 026 1421 1899/12/30 COFFIN WILLIAM H Laura

CALIF--HUMBOLDT COUNTY SEARCH FOUND ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/humboldt/land/humboldt.txt 1907/06/29 CHAMBERLAIN CLARENCE A 1883/04/10 CHAMBERLIN ELIZA J 1883/04/10 CHAMBERLIN ELIZA J 1888/11/24 CHAMBERLIN JOSEPH D H 1888/11/24 CHAMBERLIN JOSEPH D H Laura

Listers Did your relatives go to CA for gold? All the land records alphabetically for California, thanks for the tip! Great place to search. CALIF COUNTIES http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/ca-land.htm ELDORDO COUNTY--PORTER ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/eldorado/land/eldorado.txt Township MD 0090N 0080E 010 757 1879/11/25 PORTER CHARLES W MD 0090N 0140E 031 87080 1909/11/01 PORTER CONNELL W MD 0120N 0100E 002 2499 1889/10/21 PORTER HIRAM M MD 0080N 0090E 014 1051 1874/07/20 PORTER NATHANIEL MD 0080N 0090E 014 1545 1882/12/15 PORTER NATHANIEL MD 0100N 0100E 011 6116 1872/12/05 PORTER WILLIAM C MD 0100N 0100E 012 6116 1872/12/05 PORTER WILLIAM C Laura GIBSON, TURNER, PORTER FINE, JOHNSON FUGDE, KIRBY, HALES

Hooray USGS does come up here, another url is block as we know. If you haven't done it already, it is fun to put all your surnames in this query mapping site and see the names of the places that come up!! Schools, postoffices, canyons, etc. Most fun. MAPPING http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis Laura

Hello listers if you are watching the Olympics, they mentioned Bingham Canyon, Enjoy a little history of the mining in the area that brought 15,000 of our ancestors to the area. Before 1869, fewer than 100 miners, mostly Welsh, Irish or Cornish in origin, lived in the canyon. More history on--Utah Copper Search with Google http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=BINGHAM+MINE+UTAH BINGHAM MINE http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/b/BINGHAMCANYON.html Bingham Canyon is located in the Oquirrh Mountains approximately twenty-five miles southwest of Salt Lake City. The canyon was first settled in August 1848 by two Mormon pioneers, Thomas and Sanford Bingham. The two brothers had been sent to the area by Brigham Young, who requested that they take a herd of horses and cattle belonging to himself, the Bingham family, and others up to the high land around the main canyon. They erected a small cabin about one-and-a-half miles below the entrance to the canyon on the north side of its creek. The canyon proved to be an ideal place not only for herding cattle, but also for cutting timber. For the next few years, the Bingham brothers spent their time engaged in these pursuits, and also in prospecting for valuable minerals. Some ores were found but the Bingham were advised by Brigham Young not to engage in mining at that time. The policy of the Mormon Church discouraged mining because all available labor was desperately needed to produce the necessities of life. There was also the fear that mining would attract non-Mormons from out of state and have a degrading effect upon those who engaged in it. The ore finds were soon forgotten after 1850 when the Binghams moved to settle Weber County. Nevertheless, Bingham Canyon continued to be used as an abundant source of timber. Mormon leaders recognized this economically valuable resource when, in 1850, they granted permission for a sawmill to be erected in West Jordan by Archibald and Robert Gardner. A mill was constructed in the canyon itself in 1864 when Brigham Young persuaded a group of pioneers headed for Idaho with a sawmill from the East to build it by Carr Fork. During this time, many wagonloads of timber were taken from the canyon's hillsides, including most of the timber used to construct the roof of the Salt Lake Tabernacle. In 1863, as logging operations continued, valuable ores were again discovered in the canyon by George B. Ogilvie, Archibald Gardner, and some soldiers from Fort Douglas. The ore finds were sent to General Patrick Connor, who was the commander of the Third California Infantry, stationed during the Civil War at Salt Lake City's Fort Douglas. He assayed the ore and found it to contain rich quantities of both gold and silver. General Connor then supervised the organization of the West Mountain Mining District, which included Bingham Canyon and most of the Oquirrh Mountains. The rush for the riches of Bingham Canyon then commenced as Connor encouraged his soldiers, many of them veterans of the California gold rush, to prospect. He hoped that the mining fever would attract non-Mormons from outside of Utah to come to the state and thus dilute the influence of Mormons. A few rich strikes were made but the high cost of wagon transportation made the discoveries uneconomical. This almost caused the canyon to be abandoned. Mining continued, however, when men switched to placer mining in Bingham Creek. One claim yielded more than $2,000,000 in gold by 1868. However, for most miners, the placer deposits could only barely provide enough food to eat. Before 1869, fewer than 100 miners, mostly Welsh, Irish or Cornish in origin, lived in the canyon. The arrival in 1873 of the Bingham and Camp Floyd branch of the Utah Central Railroad dramatically changed Bingham's fortunes. This event revived lode mining and soon rich strikes were paying off. Milling and smelting facilities which made mining even more profitable soon sprang up in the canyon as well as in the Salt Lake and Tooele valleys. The end of the nineteenth century saw the consolidation of the small claims of many individual prospectors in Bingham Canyon into the hands of copper giants like the Boston Consolidated and Utah Copper Companies. The formation of these companies not only required a large supply of capital resources, but also created a demand for cheap labor. The flood of immigrants that resulted made Bingham one of the most ethnically diverse areas in the state of Utah. It was estimated that in 1912, 65 percent of the residents were foreign born. Each ethnic group settled in a different area of the canyon, elevating the population to more than 15,000 by the 1920s. In the process, these groups created distinct communities. Finns, Swedes, and Norwegians came to Carr Fork; Eastern and Southern European Slavs and Italians to Highland Boy; Greeks, Japanese, British, and Scandinavians to Copperfield; Austrians, Welsh, Cornish, and other Britons to Lark; and the British, French, Irish, and numerous others to Bingham. As a result the canyon was later dubbed by many to be a literal "League of Nations." Smaller camps with names like Frog Town, Freeman, Heaston Heights, Markham, Copper Heights, Dinkeyville, and Terrace Heights could also be found. Bingham, due to its steep topography, had room for only one main street that snaked its way through nearly seven miles of canyon. It was joked that, due to the narrowness of the canyon, dogs could only wag their tails up and down. These close confines added to the tragedies that resulted from the numerous fires, avalanches, and floods that continually plagued the residents of the town. These hazards and the canyon's limited space led to the construction of Copperton at the canyon's mouth in 1926. This town, designed as a model mining community, was originally built by the Utah Copper Company not for the average miner, but for the company's management. The homes, which made extensive use of copper in their construction, were rented to employees until 1956, at which time they were sold to the residents. The variety of people in Bingham Canyon helped transform "the hill," as the mining operations of the Utah Copper Company (later Kennecott Copper Corporation) were originally called, into the world's largest open-pit copper mine. This expansion continually required the purchase of living areas for miners as the old towns of the canyon were gradually swallowed. Highland Boy and Copperfield were dismantled by 1960 and the last buildings in Bingham were torn down in 1972. Lark had disappeared from the map by the end of 1980. Copperton remains the sole survivor of the communities that helped to make Bingham Canyon one of the most culturally diverse and rich areas of Utah. See: Leonard Arrington and Gary B. Hansen, "The Richest Hole on Earth - A History of the Bingham Copper Mine," Utah State University Monograph Series II (October 1963); Lynn R. Bailey, Old Reliable - A History of Bingham Canyon, Utah. (1990); Violet Boyce and Mabel Harmer, Upstairs to a Mine (1976); Scott Crump, Copperton (1978); Marion Dunn, Bingham Canyon (1973). Scott Crump BEET AND SUGAR HISTORY West Jordan was also the site of some of the very earliest airplane flights in the west Much of Utah's sugar beet history and production was centered in West Jordan West Jordan boxers gained national and international http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/w/WESTJORDAN.html WEST JORDAN West Jordan was on of the earliest Utah pioneer settlements after the founding of Salt Lake City. The community's roots begin in the later part of 1849 when some pioneers began spreading out in the Salt Lake valley. West Jordan's original unofficial area included most of the valley on the West Side of the Jordan River, and about a three-mile strip on the east side of the river past State Street in an area now occupied by Midvale, Sandy and the former Crescent area. West Jordan's name captures some of the flavor of what the Mormon pioneers considered their promised land. They saw strong similarities in this arid western desert and the biblical lands. Both contained fresh water lakes (Sea of Galilee and Utah Lake) and dead salt water rivers (River Jordan and Utah River.) This similarity in geological features led to this area being referred to as a western Jordan and the southern part of the valley as the Jordan Valley. Brigham Young reinforced this concept when he renamed the Utah River the West Jordan River, which was shortened through time and use to the Jordan River. The first settlers in the present area known as West Jordan were the Marius Ensign, Thomas Butterfield, and Samuel Egbert families. Other settlers soon followed. In 1850 Archibald Gardner and his brother Robert built a 2.5 mile millrace (canal) to bring water out of the Jordan River to the area of 7800 South. The water thus channeled was to provide a source of power for the saw mill they built the following year. Before long the population began to cluster near this general area and other enterprises were built and operated such as a flour mill, woolen mill, and tannery. Many settlers initially built dugouts to live in near the crest of the hill overlooking the river bottoms where farming was done. Although the original flour mill was burned by fire, it was rebuilt and still stands. During the 1980's it was converted into a fine furniture and delightful gift shop before a quality restaurant was added as well as a little village complex on the adjoining land. About one hundred yards to the Southwest of the flour mill, stands the first non-log chapel in Salt Lake Valley outside Salt Lake City. It took years of construction (1861-1867) before completion and dedication by Brigham Young. This building was known as the Rock Meeting House. It served most of settlements in the south end of the valley on both sides of the river and was used for many activities besides church. In fact to help finance the roof, a grand ball was held and officers from Fort Douglas were invited to participate. Dancing was a favorite pastime of the pioneers. In addition the building was used for school and other community activities and social events. Today the structure remains basically unchanged from the way the pioneers built it. Although the city of West Jordan now owns the property, it is operated by The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, who make it available through rental to the public. Over the past three decades, its has also been used by other religions coming into the area. The building, now known as Pioneer Hall, adjoins the West Jordan Cemetery, which is one of two in the community with pioneer origins. The second is the small Wight's Forts cemetery located on 9000 South at 3449 West. In 1872 a major multicommunity cooperative effort was launched to build canals throughout the valley to provide water. This in turn provided the initial means for further growth in farming, settlement and other related development. West Jordan was also the site of some of the very earliest airplane flights in the west, which commenced in 1909 and continued through 14 March 1910. These experimental flights were made by L. R. Culver about six years after the Wright brothers flew their airplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903. Culver, a farmhand, built the aircraft in a farm equipment shed near 1700 West and 9000 South. At first a glider was constructed, then a motor was added to power the craft. His most successful flight was about fifty feet off the ground and lasted for about fifteen to twenty minutes. Much of Utah's sugar beet history and production was centered in West Jordan due to the large sugar factory built and operated in the community for many years. West Jordan also had been known for its fur industry, which has mostly disappeared due to urbanization. In the sports world, several West Jordan boxers gained national and international recognition, ranking and titles under the management of Marvin Jenson. Most notably native-son Gene Fullmer twice won the World Middle Weight Boxing Championship. Other fighters of note include AAU champions Floyd Richardson and Rex Layne (also a top professional contender), Olympic champion Jay Lambert, and Gene Fullmer's brother Don, who also fought for the Middle-weight championship. In politics, West Jordan was the home of Jean M. Westwood, when she was chosen to chair the National Democratic party on 14 July 1972, the first woman in America to chair a major national political party. It was 10 January 1941 before the town of West Jordan, with a population of less than 2,000, was officially incorporated. In the late 1960s the community began growing at such a rate it became one of the fastest growing small communities in the United States. By 1990 the population had reached 42,912. During this time the community has developed a degree of economic diversity with segments of industrial and commercial development along with its population growth. In the process, over a dozen community parks have been acquired and developed. This push to strengthen quality of life for citizens is also reflected in a recent successful proposal that brought it together with its sister city, South Jordan, to win the location site for a new 100-acre Salt Lake Community College campus, which will be built straddling the cities' shared border. Glen Moosman Laura

These are all Oregon names but I have listed where they came from in brackets) French arr. 1850 (Jacob R. French, New Jersey) in Multnomah Co. Holcomb arr 1846 (Stephen A. Holcomb, Ohio) in Wash. Co. Caples arr 1850? (William Caples, Ohio/Maryland) in Multnomah, St. Johns Gordon arr 1865? (Joel W. Gordon, Illinois/Kentucky) in Lane Co. Wilmot arr abt 1875 (William Wilmot, Kentucky) in Lane Co. Stumped: I am also trying to find information on a marriage between Mary Sophia French Pierce (married Irwin Pierce who died in 1897) and someone with the last name of Reed in 1898 or 1899 probably in Portland. She later married a third time to Joseph LaChapelle and died in Hubbard, Marion County on January 31, 1923. Thanks, Jan Eves

Hi And also a group of about 40 links to wagon train lists at: http://www.over-land.com/emigrants.html Thanks Elizabeth Visit the Overland Trail http://www.over-land.com

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