I noticed several of the names just recently mentioned seem to follow the same migration pattern as my family. My Marks ancestors (Bluford, Martha and 7 children) arrived in Oregon in 1853 from Jackson Co., Missouri, settled in the Sweet Home area (Linn Co.), then moved to the Prineville area (Wasco, later Crook Co.) My Noble ancestors (William, Sarah, and 2 children) arrived across the Oregon Trail in 1850 (from Ohio, then Iowa), also settled in Sweet Home then moved east to Wasco/Crook Co. I noticed several names on the last few postings also from Jackson Co., Missouri. I wonder how many of these families knew each other from their points of origin. They must have liked each other ... they seemed to move together! Marilyn S. Chelan, WA