Pat.. Do you want me to pass on your query to the Northern California List? Thank you for posting background information on Foster and showing the website. This saves me lotsa time. AND thanks for the Oregon Trail primary list....this should help us ALL!! I haven't time to check the sites out right now but will do so in the near future. Jackie (from state of Washington) ================================= On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 12:34:47 -0700 kohnen <[email protected]> writes: > Hi Listers: > > What a great list--interesting reading! > > Can anyone HELP SOLVE A MYSTERY? I'm looking for someone to look up > an > article in San Francisco area newspapers. My family records have the > date of this article, May 20, 1898 but not the name of the paper. > The > article reports a ship, the Helen W. Almy, in trouble in a storm > near > San Francisco. Aboard this ship (maybe?) was my great grandfather > William McCrea and 11 other miners from Coalgate, Indian > Territory--all > on their way to the Klondike. They checked into the Brooklyn Hotel, > San > Francisco, on March 6, 1898 and were never heard from since. > > Here's a URL for the museum at FOSTER FARM: > http://www.teleport.com/~eotic/fosterfm.html > PHILIP FOSTER (b.1805, Maine) was a junior partner with Francis W. > Pettygrove (of Maine) and married to Pettygrove's daughter, Mary > Charlotte. Pettygrove was an agent of AG/AW Benson and Co. In 1842, > Foster, his wife and four children, Pettygrove, wife, and another > child > set sail on the ship Victoria from New York. After a layover in > Hawaii > (typical) they arrived in Oregon in early spring 1843 on the ship > Fama. > They were living over their thriving store in Oregon City(corner of > 3rd > and Main) by May 1843. In early 1844, Foster bought Samuel McSwain's > land claim in Eagle Creek. The Foster family moved to Eagle Creek, > June > 1844. More at > http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorclak/timeline1.html > > I've gathered a list of OREGON TRAIL and Emigrant primary materials > (diaries, journals, letters, ship rosters, etc.) for the years > 1800-1843. View this list at > http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/5531/ . Or write me at > [email protected] and I'd be happy to email you the most > updated > listing for a spcific year. > > Patricia Kohnen > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.