I found 2 of the 3 members of the Olds Wortman & King department store (Portland's first department store to take up an entire city block). Hardy C. WORTMAN was b. Jan 1859 in OR...he m. Mary E. ?? and they had Everett b. Dec 1893 and Helen b. Nov 1896 in Portland. This Hardy C(hristian) WORTMAN was the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Ann (STUMBO) WERTMAN. It looks like they must have come to Oregon in 1852 as one son was b. in Iowa in 1851 and the next child was born in Oregon in 1853. More information on this family available on the LDS site, www.familysearch.org The 2nd name in the group is Jerry OLDS, b. Nov 1852 in Oregon...so, he too was an 'early-comer'. Sorry I could not find anything on the KING...maybe someone else will. Doneva my entire genealogy database, 45,000+ names http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=donevanell (be sure entire URL fits in your Address bar) --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax