In a message dated 7/20/2005 10:27:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > This info is from a DLC: > > "came down the Columbia River on the steamboat "Multnomah" reaching > Portland 22 Oct 1852." > > Is there any source for the passengers on this steamboat? Or families who > arrived in October 1852? > > Thanks, > > Nedra I would check the newspaper. They were pretty diligent about reporting ship arrivals, and very often listed the passengers. Sometimes, they came in the form of an advertisement from the passengers commending the captain on a smooth voyage or the like (the ocean voyages). I know that transportation articles was one of the WPA projects done in Oregon, but I've never looked at it, so don't know exactly what it contains. Stephenie Flora's site <http://www.oregonpioneers.com/ortrail.htm> is probably the best for gathering info about emigrants, year by year. Other than that, I know of no "passenger" lists. Julie