In a message dated 9/2/2002 10:49:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, dwesleyj@wt.net writes: > Info from a DLC states that one Samuel Edwin HENDRICKS arrived in Oregon on > Feb. 4, 1851. Did any of the overland trains arrive that late in the > winter? Or should I > assume he arrived some other way - if the date is correct? > I am trying to identify the HENDRICKS family whose daughter Henrietta > "Nettie" Hendricks was born in OR in 1858. Any suggestions would be > appreciated. > > I have some info on the Lane Co Hendricks. Thomas for one. Are you still wondering which Hendricks?? I note Samuel md in Marion Co 1852 or so. So he was proabably not traveling with family and all the things needed by others. He may have come by horseback though not good time to travel cross country, or perhaps by boat. He may have been in Cal first and after the gold rush settled down decided to head north. there are several like that who arrived in winter.