Hi Sam, Wow! This is pretty interesting. Who ever would have thunk it?! I can't believe you found this! This looks like you may really have something. I will look into this a bit closer. Thank you much. Nathan --- Sam Butler <[email protected]> wrote: > The Morning Oregonian - 25 September 1899 page 16 > East Side Building Notes > > The Farm House of Frank Bode on Gravel hill ... is > well along toward completion. It is to take the > place > of the cottage recently destroyed by fire in that > neighborhood. > > - a look at the Portland City Directory around that > period shows a Frank Bode living at 40 E 12th. This > would be near the current site of the intersection > of > Burnside and 12th and Sandy. Coming up from the > river > all of these roads do come up a small hill. > > By 1899 it would be well developed and settled, in > 1868 it would not have been. the word hill was not > capitalized in the article. > > --- "Nathan Haines Sr." <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > Has anyone ever heard of Gravel Hill? I have > an > > obit for a Mary Cassidy Arnspiger from the > Oregonian > > in 1936 and it says she was born in a log cabin on > > Gravel Hill here in 1868. I am presuming that here > > means Portland or at least near Portland. > > Thanks, > > Nathan > > > > > > ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe, send a message to > > [email protected] that > > contains (in the body of the message) only the > > single word: unsubscribe > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including > the > > new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > > to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > http://vote.yahoo.com >