14 March 1952 By Jay Price Riders, Ropers, Stockmen Left Sherman County When Homesteaders Came to Take Up Land. When in the early eighties it became evident that those newcomers were going to plow up all of the bunch grass, the stockmen began to move out. Some eastern buyers took several droves east; the Pearson outfit took 1,200 head of cattle to the Big Bend, and Orv. Donnell took two or three hundred head of cattle to the Big Bend, as did Jake Minton. The Floyd boys took their horses out south of Prineville; C.I. Helm bought Jim Jenkins' horses, also John Graham and William Lair Hill bands of horses, in all seven hundred head of good horses, and drove them to the Big Bend country. Jap Garrison drove the team and was cook. The riders were Mr. Helm, Ralph Helm, Gene Everet, Dick Johnson, Gene Diggs, and myself. I rode for Helm five years. The last thing I did for him was to deliver 300 head of horses that he had sold to Lumsden on the Fraser River, B.C. Watson Helm bought the Doc. Richardson horses, and drove them to the Big Bend, and some eastern buyers bought horses from Pearson, Eaton, Dunlap and others, and shipped a train load from Grant's station to some place east. So in that way, what had been a wonderful stock coun! try has now become the splendid farming country that it is today. I will name just a few of the first to settle there. About the first was Dr. Rollins in Grass Valley, Gil Woodworth, Henry Jory, Charley Barzee, Owen and Hugh Scott, Corson, Medler, McCoy, the Moores from California, Biggs, Murchie, McPherson, Sink, Belshee, and of course many others moved there before 1885. In any stock country there are sure to be expert riders and ropers. Some of the best riders in that country were Dick Brookhouse, Bill Pearson and Pierre Coucherre. Nate Eaton also was a good rider for a big man. I have seen them all make wonderful rides. The best ropers were Jim Pearson and John Brookhouse. Frank Fulton carried the longest rope, and swung the largest loop. After Jim Pearson went to the Big Bend country, he made a record of 97 throws without a miss catching both hind feet. This was not an exhibition but on the range, during the season. My parents sold the old place in 1883 and moved to Columbus, Washington, later to Yakima, Kennewick and Hood River, and in 1907 to Grants Pass. Mother passed on at the age of 85 and Dad almost 88. In conclusion, I will tell one on myself. When I was 12 years old I was a good rider. One day I was riding a wild cayuse, and he had given up the idea of throwing me, but was not bridle wise. We had drifted over in to Spanish Hollow, two miles below Eatons, when my horse saw some horses and decided to go to them, but there was a deep V-shaped ditch between. I tried to stop him, but he reared and bucked around and fell in the ditch and slid back down in the ditch, with me still in the saddle. He was on my left leg, and the more he kicked the more he crowded me. I could not get out, so I undone the cinch, in hopes that he could get up, but he could not. Soon I heard a horse running and Nate Eaton rode up on the bank and soon pulled the cayuse off of me. He was on a high hill a mile away and saw us fall in the ditch. My leg was badly bruised, otherwise I was alright. I certainly always had a warm spot in my heart for Nate Eaton. Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg.

Early Day Stockmen and Their Departure. [Fulton, Gordon, Cacherre, Walker, Reeder, Daugherty, Bash, Engleman, Barnum, Finnegan, Davenport, Dickerson, Minton, Baldwin, Betengen, Wagerman, Donnell, Cooper, Helm, Stone, Lancaster, Young, Hulery, Andrews, Hill, Jenkins, Garrison, Diggs, Everet, Price, Johnson, Lang and Ryan.] At quite an early date several men had large bands of stock on the range between the Deschutes and the John Day River. Col. Fulton had the first large band of horses in about 1863 or 64. Thomas Gordon had horses there in 1865. With Gordon was a half-breed Indian boy named Pierre Cacherre. Gordon was very sarcastic, and about the first lesson that he gave the boy was this, "Pierre, I have no use for anything that is not useful or ornamental, and as you are not ornamental, you had better make yourself useful." Which he evidently did, for he lived with Gordon until he was about grown. He was one of the best riders of his time. He stayed in that country until it settled up, he then moved to the Yakima Indian reservation and married a half-breed Indian woman. He died there a few years ago. In about 1875 or 76 the Walker boys took up a ranch near Gordon Butte. They had sheep and some horses. There were six boys. Morgan and Elmer were deaf mutes. Joe Walker and young Tom Gordon had! a shooting scrape over a fence. Joe lost an arm and Tom was killed. Joe was tried for murder, but was finally acquitted. George Reeder had a horse ranch near the Walker place. He came there soon after the Walkers did. Two or three years later Dave Daugherty was with Reeder. They each had some horses and they gathered up all the stray horses they could find and left the country between two days. I think Reeder sold his place to old man Bash. Dave stole Ida Bash. They were married at Walla Walla. They went to Montana. Bill Walker went with the outfit. He was the only one of the lot that ever came back. Mat Engleman came in about 1869. He had a small herd of horses and a bunch of cattle. He never had a permanent home. He made his headquarters with Henry Barnum, and he also stayed at the Finnegan ranch. He finally sold his cattle, and drove his horses to Montana. Louis Davenport, J.E. Dickerson, Jake Minton, Tim Baldwin, Al Betengen, Billy Wagerman and several others had cattle on the range, and did not provide feed, and a hard winter just about put them out of business. Orv Donnell bought what they had left, and later sold to Lang and Ryan, who trailed them to Cheyenne. Several herds were taken this way by eastern buyers. The Pearsons took a thousand head to Foster Creek in northern Washington. Many thousands of good horses were taken north, east, and south. Col. Fulton sold to J.D. Cooper, who took them to Livingston, Montana. The Gordon horses were sold and taken to Nebraska. Watson and Doc Helm took three hundred and fifty head to Silver Lake, southern Oregon. Wat Helm, Doug Stone, Will Lancaster and Ben Andrews went with them. John Young also started with them, two days later John's father, Cal Young, was killed near Grants by a runaway team. Frank Hulery over-took them with the sad news at Antelope, and John came back. C.I. Helm bought horses from William Lair Hill, Jim Jenkins and John Graham, seven hundred head, and took them to Moses Coulee, in the Big Bend country. Charley Helm, Jasper Garrison, Eugene Diggs, Gene Everet, Ralph Helm, Dick Johnson, and Jay Price went with that outfit. Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg.

The Livestock Business [ Grimes, Fulton, Barnum, Helm, Pearson, Brookhouse, Gibson, Floyd, Eaton, Kimble, Cacherre, King, Hill, Clark, Jenkins, Andrews, Young, Tharp and Eaton] I would now like to tell something of some men who excelled in their particular line of stock business. I believe that all oldtimers will agree with me that Roe Grimes was the best judge of beef cattle that this country ever produced. It was said that he could ride through a band of beef cattle once and tell how many culls [there] were and could tell very close to what they would weigh per head. He bought cattle all over eastern Oregon and Idaho, for the Portland market. Frank Fulton was a splendid judge of range cattle. When eastern buyers bought cattle in those early days, they paid different prices for cows and calves, and dry cows, yearlings, two and three year-olds. The buyers and the sellers usually chose Frank to judge the age, and kind as they passed through the chute and seldom was his judgement questioned. Once a "critter" was going through the chute that belonged to Henry Barnum. Frank called it a two-year-old steer, although he knew it was a long yearling. The buyers were satisfied, but Barnum claimed it was a three-year old. Frank told him he had better let it go as a two, but he would not. So it was examined and passed as a yearling. Barnum, who could have had the price of a two, wanted the price of a three, and had to take the price of a yearling, and the joke was on him. It is my belief that C.I. Helm was the best judge of horses in this county. After he had taken his horses to the Big Bend country, he went east and made a study of draft horses in several of the largest cities, and decided that the Percherons were the best horses for the eastern market. He bought some Percheron stallions, which he shipped west, and raised some splendid horses. All told, he brought out about 50 head of purebred Percheron stallions, which he sold in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. At one time he attended the International Stock show at Elmira, N.Y. Some eastern horsemen rather made fun of his western ways. He wrote a list of which he thought would be prize winners, in all classes, sealed it and gave it to one of them, and told them to open it after the judging was over. He then offered to bet $500 that it was nearer correct than any of them could make. After the judging was completed it was found that he had named most of the prize winners. He bought Wilson Boy, a Hambletonian, and the next day he took first prize over all standardbred two-year-olds in the United States and Canada. He bought him for one thousand dollars less than he would have had to pay after the prize was given. I believe that Jim Pearson was the best roper that ever grew up in this country. A rope was his plaything from the time he could walk. The next year after he went to the Big Bend he made 97 throws without a miss, catching both hind feet. This was not done as an exhibition, nor was it done all in one day, but was done as range work day after day. A cattleman offered to bet 100 head of cattle that Jim was the best roper in the state of Washington at that time. The bet was never taken. There were many other good ropers in this country. John Brookhouse, Ed Gibson, Ed Floyd and Bill Pearson were among the best. Frank Fulton carried the longest rope and swung the biggest loop of any man on the range. Probably no one knows who was the champion rider. In the 20 odd years there were many good riders on this range, but I would say that during the earlier period, Pierre Cacherre and Nate Eaton were among the best. I, as a small boy, have seen each of them make wonderful rides. Both Frank Kimball and Frank Fulton were good when in their prime. And as the years rolled by, and the boys grew up there were a splendid lot of riders on the range. Among the best were Dick Brookhouse, Billie King, Ed Floyd, Bill Pearson, Ed Gibson, and Tom Gordon. There were many others that were good riders. Of the girls, Maggie Eaton was the best rider. With one exception, she always rode with a side-saddle. A bad horse threw her brother, Bert. Maggie went to the house and came out with man's clothes on, caught the horse, "forked him," and rode him. The best exhibition ride I ever saw was Eugene Diggs riding an outlaw at the Lair Hill ranch south of Grass Valley. Diggs and I had gone to receive the horses for C.I. Helm who had bought them. Coke Hill and Chauncey Clark were in charge. During the evening they told us of an outlaw that belonged in the bunch. He had a record of several years standing, and had never been ridden. Two years before he had killed the last man that tried to ride him. They said they would give $5 to see him ridden. Gene said as he belonged to the outfit he would ride him. The next morning they cleared a large corral, and the horse was caught and saddled. Diggs mounted him and he first made some quick, savage jumps, each one in a different direction, then over on his back, on his feet, and at it again, and for several minutes as fast as the eye could follow he was in the air, on the ground, on his back, on his feet, and repeat. When he threw himself, Diggs would land on his feet, and as the horse got up, Diggs would go into the saddle. It had to be seen to be understood and appreciated. It was the best riding of its kind I ever saw. In conclusion I will tell one on myself. When I was about 17 years old I was a good rider for a kid. I was riding for Jim Jenkins, and one day there was about 150 head of horses in the corral. Jim Jenkins, Nate Eaton, Ben Andrews, John Young, and one or two others were there. We were talking about riding and I said I would ride anything in the corral for $5 and Jim took me up. He picked out a wild mare eleven years old. I was sorry I had spoken, but would not back out. So I rode her, but I surely earned the five. I always thought she would have thrown me, if Nate Eaton hadn't kept yelling, "Stay, kid, stay." I only claim one record for myself, and that is, being thrown farther by a falling horse than any one else. Mart Tharp was riding a wild horse near Eaton's place. Jess Eaton and I were with him. The horse was running down hill toward a wire fence. I was trying to turn him from it, when my horse put both feet in a hole, and went end over twice. I sailed through the air past the wild horse and he stopped. Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg.

27 April 1934 Stockmen First Settlers on Sherman County Wheat Land By J.A. Price. [Lang, Ryan, Seawright, Helm, Fulton, Finnegan, Donnell, Barnum, Engleman, Booten, Price, Gibson, Eaton, Willerton, Pearson, Minton, Dickerson, Davenport, Baldwin, Bettingen, Gordon, Fulton, Cooper, Douglas, Stone, Everett, Diggs, Johnson, Price, Brookhouse, Young, Hulery, Floyd, Cacherre, Dunlap, Chapman, Richardson, Corbly, Bolton, Booten, West and McCoy] In the early days one of the best stock countries in the west was between the Deschutes and the John Day rivers, now known as Sherman County. From the late seventies until about 1886, when this county was being changed from a good stock country to a splendid farming country, there were thousands of horses and cattle ranging here. I have been asked to tell what became of this stock, and something of the men that owned them. When the first settlers took up land the stockmen thought it a joke, and said these fellows would soon starve out. But good grain was produced, and it became certain that the stock must give way to the plow. Lang and Ryan, the Seawright brothers, and other eastern buyers bought several thousand head of cattle and drove them to Cheyenne. From there some were shipped east to market, and some were taken to ranges north and south of there. C.I. and W.R. Helm also took a band of cattle to Cheyenne. The hard winter of '81 and '82 killed thousands of cattle in eastern Oregon. After this winter Orv Donnell bought the remnants of several bands and later sold a thousand head to Lang and Ryan, who drove them east. The eastern buyers bought cattle from such men as the Fultons, Finnegans, Donnell, Barnum, Engleman, Booten, Price, Gibson, Eaton and many others. Some of these men took up land and became successful farmers. There were others who wished to stay in the stock business. These men found ranges elsewhere, and rounded up their herds and drove them to new locations. Much of this stock was taken to the Big Bend country in northern Washington. Some was moved to southern Oregon, and some to Montana, Idaho and different places. The largest band of cattle taken to the Big Bend was owned by James Pearson and his three boys, Bill, Jim and Tom. There was more than 1,000 head in this drove. Henry Willerton and old Jimmie Burden, each had a few head in this herd. They were taken by way of the mouth of the Snake River, White Bluffs, Moses Lake, and on to Foster creek, which runs into the Columbia, about the mouth of the Okanogan. The next hard winter, which I think was 1889, just about put them out of the cattle business. I was at the Pearson ranch the next summer and Jim told me that they went into the winter with 1,200 head and next spring they gathered 99 head, and they were the ones that had drifted down in the Moses Lake country. The Fultons took both horses and cattle to the Big Bend and settled on Badger Mountain, north of Moses coulee. The hard winter killed most of the cattle, and some of the horses. They moved what was left to White Bluffs. Jake Minton took 200 head of cattle to Badger Mountain. The next spring he told me he had seven head left. And as he filled his pipe he said to me in a confidential way: "Jay, I feel worse about my neighbors than I do about myself. You see if they had plenty of cattle I would soon be all right." Jake certainly had a run of hard luck. In about 1875 he took a band of cattle to the Ochoco country, and a cow killer cleaned him out. In about 1879 J.B. Dickerson moved 500 head of cattle east of the Deschutes and Minton took charge of them. He also had some of his own. The hard winter killed most of them. After his experience in the Big Bend he got hold of some land and sold it and cleaned up several thousand dollars. He moved to Portland and died there several years ago. In the late seventies, Louis Davenport moved a band of cattle east of the Deschutes and the winter of '81 and '82 took most of them. He sold the rest to Orv Donnell. Tim Baldwin and Al Bettingen had cattle at the mouth of Hay Canyon. What the winter did not kill they sold to Orv. Donnell finally took some cattle to the Big Bend and was cleaned out by the hard winter of '89. I have accounted for most of the cattle that were on the range at that time. I will now tell you about the horses. Colonel James Fulton and Thomas Gordon owned the first two bands of horses on this range. They had some horses there in 1860. In about 1878 the Fultons sold to Jack Cooper, who continued in the business for several years. He finally drove them to Montana. The Gordon horses were sold and taken to Nebraska, and resold to the farmers. C.I. [Charley] Helm had a band of horses on shares for several years that belonged to Watson and "Doc" Helm. Charley sold his interest to his uncles, and they took them to southern Oregon. The men that went with them were Watson Helm, Douglas, Stone, Ben Andrews and Will Lancaster. John Young started with them, and a couple of days afterward his father was killed by a runaway team. Frank Hulery overtook them at Antelope with the news and John came back. Charley then bought horses from Jim Jenkins, Uncle John Graham, and William Lair Hill. He then owned over 700 head of fine horses. He took them to the Big Bend country. The men that went with this herd were C.D. Helm, Jasper Garrison, Vene Everett, Gene Diggs, Ralph Helm, Dick Johnson and Jay Price. We ferried the Columbia at Grants and went by way of Yakima, and Ellensburg, and swam the Columbia at the mouth of Moses coulee. The horse ranch was ten miles below the coulee. The Brookhouse boys took their horses to the Big Bend, and located north of Moses coulee. They finally sold out and all came back to Wasco County. The Floyd boys first moved their horses out south of Prineville, and kept them there several years, then brought them back to south of Grass Valley, and the next year moved them to White Bluffs. Pierre Cacherre (spelling varies) took a small band of horses to Badger mountain and the hard winter cleaned him out. He went to the Yakima reservation, where he married a "breed" girl, and died there a couple of years ago. At one time a trainload of horses was bought up and loaded at Grants, and shipped to North Dakota. The men selling to these buyers were Clark Dunlap, Chapman, Eaton, Pearson, and other small owners. Watson [Helm] sold his interest in the horses in southern Oregon to his brother, and bought the Dr. Richardson horses, and drove them to Big Bend. He also went north of Moses coulee, and sold them to Platt Corbly on terms. The hard winter cleaned them out and they went broke. There was a vast difference between the north and the south side of the coulee. All that went north lost heavily. Dan Bolton had about a hundred head of horses that he took to Rock Creek, Klickitat County, Wash. After feeding them all winter, he turned them out on grass, and soon after they were stolen and he never did get them. There were more than a thousand head stolen that spring and were never recovered. In about 1881 E.O. McCoy and his brother brought a band of horses from the Walla Walla country. Their headquarters were at China Hollow. A few years later, "Dutch" as we all called him, took them to northern Washington. Allie West owned a band of horses that he sold in small lots, and traded some for land. He sold his interest in Sherman country [sic] several years ago and moved to the coast where he still lives. Rube Booten owned both horses and cattle in Grass Valley. He sent his horses to White Bluffs, and moved his cattle to the Prineville country. There probably were other small lots of stock, which I have overlooked or forgotten, but I have mentioned the most of the stock that was disposed of to make way for the development of this vast region into the wonderful farming country that it has proved to be.

Memoirs of Albert Jay Price - Good Stock Country, Splendid Farming Country Excerpts from clippings of the memoirs of Albert Jay Price published in the Sherman County Journal; dates unclear. Editorial note. George Masiker was born in New York in 1825, married Palmyra Elizabeth Trumbull in Kane County, IL in 1847, and came to Oregon about 1852-1853 with his wife and three children. They first lived at Fort Yamhill where two children were born, and where their son Edwin probably died, until 1860 when they appear in the U.S. Census of Wasco County where their sixth child was born the following year. By 1863 when his youngest child was born, he operated a stage station at Sand Spring, east of the Deschutes River, on the south side of Highway 206 in the Cottonwood and Poplar grove. He died at Sand Springs, where he is buried, in 1863 leaving his wife Palmyra and six children: William Ward, Esther, Carson Charley, Elmira, George B. and Martyn J. Masiker. Palmyra (Trumbull) Masiker, a widow with six children, married Samuel Price on January 2, 1864 in Wasco County. Price came to present-day Sherman County in 1862 and worked for George Masiker. He and Palmyra had a son! , Albert Jay Price in 1866. Esther Masiker married Jesse J. Imbler of Imbler, OR in 1866, the first child to marry. Elmira Masiker married Henry Barnum in 1873 in Wasco County. William Ward Masiker married Laura Henderson of Columbus, Klickitat County, WA in 1877. Carson C. Masiker married Mary Henderson of Columbus, WA in 1878. Albert Jay Price, born 23 years before Sherman County was carved from Wasco County, grew up at Sand Spring at the Masiker-Price stage station, Price's Station. The canyon running north from there was then called Price's Canyon. He knew and worked for early stockmen and ranchers east of the Deschutes River, and later wrote about his experiences in great detail. Jay Price's Memoirs. The Last Indian War. [Helm, Chapman, Dunlap, Fulton, Price, Shannon, Masiker] It may be interesting to the residents of Sherman County to know that one of the final episodes of the last Indian war, which was in 1878, happened between the John Day and Deschutes rivers. General Howard (the Indians called him "day after tomorrow") had driven the Indians out of the Blue Mountains, and they attempted to swim the Columbia near Blalock, but were prevented from doing so, when they were fired upon by an improvised gunboat. It was estimated there were perhaps seven or eight hundred Indians, and a large band of horses, and some cattle. That was really the end of the war, as each lot headed for their individual reservations. So about 75 Indians that belonged to the Warm Springs reservation, with quite a band of horses, forded the John Day river and were coming up Biglow canyon when Charley Helm and Ike Chapman saw them, and the Indians, seeing the men, dropped back out of sight. The men had not heard about the fight on the river and supposed that the Indians were still on the warpath, while they were really sneaking back home. The men quickly rode to the Dunlap ranch, where several families and a large band of horses had collected. The women were told that the Indians were coming and they were put in wagons and told to get across the Deschutes as quick as they could. It was near sundown when the wagons passed our place. They stopped just long enough to tell us that the Indians were coming, and that we better run, and on they went. There were about 20 men staying at our place that night that lived east of the John Day, who had taken their families to The Dalles and had bought Winchesters and were on their way to protect their stock. After the wagons were gone they said, "You folks do as you think best, but we are going to stay here tonight and go on in the morning." Dad and Mother said all right they would stay, too. About that time here came the big band of horses driven by eight or 10 men. It was dark when they got in the canyon where the Fulton and Price canyons join, and they could not be moved, and stayed there until daylight. Now at this time the stage was leaving The Dalles at 6 p.m. When the stage arrived at the Deschutes, the driver, George Shannon, was told that the Indians had crossed the John Day and he had better stop, but he said he would go on, but his two passengers got out. He knew nothing about the band of horses and it was dark and the first thing he knew he was surrounded with horses. He waited a while, but could not move. He tied up the lines and got in front and led the team, and with his whip slowly made his way for nearly a mile before he was clear of the horses, and thinking they were Indians he said, "klihiam." The men laughed, then he knew they were white men, and I heard him say afterwards that was when his hat settled down on his head. He finished his trip and saw no Indians. The following morning, when the men left, Martyn [Martyn Masiker, Jay's half-brother] and another man went with them, and out near where Klondike is now, they saw a wide dusty streak leading south, showing that the Indians had passed that way headed for the Warm Springs reservation. And that was the end of the Indian war. Jay Price. Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg.

History of the Columbia River Valley from The Dalles to the Sea Vol. 2, S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1928. Biographical -- with Sherman, Gilliam and Wasco County connections. Research NOT offered. Martin M. Hill Ladru Barnum J.M. Patterson James T. Gray Levi Chrisman Joseph Stadelman Peter John Stadelman Frank S. Fleming Harry E. Greene George Clarence Blakeley James S. Menefee James Alexander Davis J.A. Nicholson John B. Crate Horatio Fargher J.A. Fleck Judge Fred W. Wilson William Hovey Moody Frank G. Dick Jefferson N. Mosier Walter A. Klindt Simon B. Barker Sam E. Van Vactor John Fulton Thomas Brogan Henry Schadewitz James Maynard Keeney F.C. Clausen Nicholas Byrne Sinnott. ---- Vol. III not included. Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg.

History of the Columbia River Valley from The Dalles to the Sea By Fred Lockley, Volume 1, S.J. Clarke Publishing Company 1928 Research Not Offered. Volume 1 comprises over 700 pages of Portland area, Hudson's Bay, Native American, Klickitat County, Wasco County, Hood River area..history. Lots of names. Worth finding a copy in a library. Page 928: "In 1857 the residents of The Dalles sent Col. N.H. Gates to the Legislature to introduce a bill for the incorporation of a city to be known as Fort Dalles. The Legislature passed the measure, which was signed by Governor Curry, and in 1857 the Village of The Dalles became an incorporated city. Col. N.H. Gates wrote the charter. The legislature granted the charter to Dalles City on June 26, 1857. This charter has been amended at various times since, the principal changes having been made by the Legislatures of 1859, 1862, 1868, 1870 and 1880. The first officers elected to serve under the charter, which was granted on June 26, 1857, were N.H. Gates, president of the board, with E.G. Cowne, R. Hall, B.F. McCormick, and P. Craig. C.R. Meigs was recorder, and Orlando Humason treasurer. The new charter, which was granted in 1859, was written by Orlando Humason, and it extended the city limits to the second bluff and provided for the election of regular city officials in place of ! trustees. Among the principal places of business in 1858 were The Umatilla House, A.J. Nixon, proprietor; The Cushing Hotel, restaurant and lodging house, N.H. Gates, proprietor; The Wasco Hotel, A.H. Curtis, proprietor; W.D. Bigelow, grocery store; Bradford and Company's steamboat office; The Mount Hood Saloon, B.F. McCormick, proprietor; Powell and Company, saddle and harness shop; Trevitt and Cowne, saloon; James McAuliffe, grocery store; W.C. Moody's assay office; P. Craig, drug store; H.T. Isaacs, general merchandise store; R.R. Thompson and Company, warehouse; J.Juker, cigar store; and W.L. DeMoss, bakery." [Photos of Major Granville B. Hall, Commander at Fort Dalles; Judge Joseph Gardner Wilson, First Circuit Judge of the Fifth Judicial District; William M. Hand, editor of The Mountaineer, Lt. First Oregon Cavalry; and Col. James K. Kelly, first mayor of Dalles City.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- History of the Columbia River Valley from The Dalles to the Sea By Fred Lockley, Volume 1, S.J. Clarke Publishing Company 1928 Research Not Offered. Volume 1 comprises over 700 pages of Portland area, Hudson's Bay, Native American, Klickitat County, Wasco County, Hood River area..history. Lots of names. Worth finding a copy in a library. Pages 1021-1028 Captain Tetherow's Journal At Elizabethtown a meeting was held on April 5, 1845 for folks wishing to emigrate to Oregon. Rev. William Helm, chair, and Rev. Lewis Thompson, secretary. A constitution was adopted outlining the rules and regulations for the journey west. James Officer was elected president; Rev. William Helm, treasurer. The minutes of the company for April 28, 1845 outline the names of the organizers of the company: James Officer, Zachariah Moreland, Daniel Dodge Bailey, John Loyd, Andrew Foster, Solomon Tetherow, Jesse Henderson, William Vaughan, William Helm, William Marcum, John Ridgeway, Charles Craft, Joseph Cunningham, Joseph Hughart, William Wilson, Christopher Cooley, William Kitchen, John Foster. This is followed by a Census of the O. Emigration with columns for number of armed men for each head of the family, number of persons, Pounds of Meal, Flour, Bacon, and amount of powder and lead: C.M. Johnson Zacharah Moreland Alford Marcum Daniel D. Bailey John Ridgeway Joseph Cunningham Franklin Pomeroy William Kitchen James Officer Christopher Cooley William Wilson John Loyd Andrew Foster Jacob Wooley Lewis Thompson Abraham Patterson H.M. Knighton Willliam Wilson William Dawson H.D. Martin David Carson Adam Smith Robert W. Hamilton John Martin James E. Hall Jesse E. Henderson Joseph Hughart Nicholas Ownbey Woodford Holman Solomon Tetherow Joseph Henderson Charles Craft William Helm George Smith David Tetherow Robert Miller For a total of 100 armed men, 293 persons. A list of cattle drivers follows the above list, giving for each the number of males and females over and under sixteen, numbers of loose cattle, oxen, mules, horses, and guns and pistols. James W. Johnson Francis M. Moreland Joseph Watt Daniel D. Bailey Rodolphus Kent Samuel Hancock Samuel Hancock [sic] Reason Foster James Officer, John and Eli Officer James Cooley Abner Loyd James Foster Edward Wooley Lewis Thompson P. Hilterbrand F. Kitchen Lewis Thompson John Moore H.M. Knighton William Wilson William Dawson H.D. Martin H.D. Martin [sic] Adam Smith, Ezekiel [sic] Adam Smith William Martin James Jackson James O. Henderson Wayman St. Clair Thomas W. Glasgow W.A. Goulder D. McKinney Dillard Helm Goulder Impiry? Solomon Tetherow Solomon Tetherow William Craft John W. Helm George Smith George Tetherow Robert Miller R.E. Miller. These lists are followed by those adopting the constitution for the Oregon Emcampment in 1845, a roll of armed men, a muster roll, roll of cattle drivers, and a list of voluntary subscribers to the wagon pilot Mr. Clark to the Independence Trace. It was determined that the wagons should be numbered in four platoons so as to form a hollow square every night, that a driver be furnished for every 25 head of loose cattle, that travel would begin at 8 in the morning for a distance of 10-15 miles per day, and that funds would be solicited for a company tent and other expenses. The Roll of Armed Men Solomon Tetherow, Captain Hardin Martin, 1st Lt. William Thompson, 2nd Lt Daniel Dodge Bailey, 1st Sgt. William Vaughan, 2nd Sgt. Paul Hilterbrand, 3rd Sgt. Jesse Ownbey, 4th Sgt. Privates: Robert Miller Jesse Walker Joseph Charlton Benjamin Allen James N.T. Miller David Tetherow George Smith Abraham Daviess James E. Elkins James Mallory Nathaniel Bowman William Kitchen Franklin Pomeroy Reason Foster Eqekiel Burbage Alfred Marcum Joseph Watt Riley Bean William Helm George Waulor Helm Charles Craft William Pollard Joseph Henderson William Henderson Woodford Holman George D. Smith Timothy Bailey George W. Smith Joseph Cunningham Samuel Hancock Mitchel Whitlock Nicholas Ownbey Thomas W. Glasgow William A. Goulder John Ownbey Daniel McKinney Dillard Holman Solomon Tetherow William Craft John W. (Abner Lloyd) Andrew Foster James Foster Isaac Foster Charles M. Johnson James W. Johnson John Foster John F. Johnson Finess Walker William Monroe Joseph T. Hughart Wayman St.Clair Christopher Zumwalt Jesse C. Henderson Cyrus Barnes James O. Henderson John Ridgeway Isaac Sullivan Rodolphus Kent James E. Hall James Jackson Thomas Jackson. The Muster Roll. Berry Hall Benjamin F. Hall John Martin William Martin Robert W. Hamilton Adam Smith James P. Smith Paschal Smith James Officer Eli C. Cooley Jackson Cooley John Ketchum Zachariah Moreland David Carson John Fleming Aldis A. Robinson William Dawson Henry Baggas H.M. Knighton William Melvin Felix Dorris John Moore Henry C. Marshal Frederic Ketchum Christopher Cooley Thomas Pollock William Wilson Josiah W. Linkinfelter John G. Johnston Jacon Wooley Abraham Patterson. Roll of Cattle Drivers: James W. Johnson Francis M. Moreland Joseph Watt Daniel D. Bailey Rodolphus Kent Samuel Hancock Reason Foster James Officer John Officer Eli Officer James Cooley Abner Loyd James Foster Edward Wooley Lewis Thompson Paul Hilterbrand Frederic Ketchum John Moore H.M. Knighton William Wilson William Dawson H.D. Martin Adam Smith Ezekiel Smith William Martin James Jackson James O. Henderson Wayman St.Clair Thomas W. Glasgow W.A. Goulder D. McKinney Dillard Holman Solomon Tetherow William Craft John W. Helm George Smith George Tetherow Robert Miller. Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg.

Cecilia, You'll find the county codes here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/countycodes.html Good luck! Beth At 04:05 PM 10/10/02, cecilia combs wrote: >Hi, > >Does anyone know what counties/cities match up with the following location >codes in the Oregon Death Index? > >1931-41: 31 50 03 01 23 26 21 > >1951-60: 14 20 25 26 > >I have some deaths but don't know WHERE to write for obituaries. All I have >are the CODES for the place of death. Sure could use some help on these. >ANY help would be appreciated. Thanks. > >Cecilia <ccombs@eskimo.com> > > >==== ORHOODRI Mailing List ==== >To subscribe to this list, send a new message with the single word >"subscribe" (no quotes) in both the subject and body of the message to >ORHOODRI-L-Request@rootsweb.com > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi, Does anyone know what counties/cities match up with the following location codes in the Oregon Death Index? 1931-41: 31 50 03 01 23 26 21 1951-60: 14 20 25 26 I have some deaths but don't know WHERE to write for obituaries. All I have are the CODES for the place of death. Sure could use some help on these. ANY help would be appreciated. Thanks. Cecilia <ccombs@eskimo.com>

Hi Peter, Again, thank you very much for the George GOODWIN obituary too. The obit is a big help. Cecilia <ccombs@eskimo.com> -----Original Message----- From: Pete Wasser <petew@netcnct.net> To: ORHOODRI-L@rootsweb.com <ORHOODRI-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [ORHOODRI] Looking for Hood River obituary >The Dalles Chronicle, Tueseay, June 2, 1964, page 2 > >GEORGE GOODWIN TAKEN BY DEATH > > Funeral services were set Tuesday afternoon at the Anderson Funeral >Home, Hood River (Oregon), for George A. Goodwin, 75, former Dalles resident >who died at his home in Hood River on Memorial DAy. > He is survived by his widow and a daughter, Mrs. H.B. Belshee, and a >grandson, Russel Rhodes, both of The Dalles. > Mr. Goodwin formerly lived in The Dalles several years. > >This same article appears in The Dalles Optimist, Thursday, June 4, 1964, >page 3. > >Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, >Oregon > >Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser > >Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society >c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library >722 Court Street >The Dalles, Oregon 97058 >http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "cecilia combs" <ccombs@eskimo.com> >To: <ORHOODRI-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 9:25 PM >Subject: [ORHOODRI] Looking for Hood River obituary > > >> Hi, >> >> I am looking for two obituaries for a man and wife who died in Hood River >> and Wasco County. Is there anyone who would mind helping me with this? >The >> two obits are for: >> >> 1. Elizabeth K. GOODWIN, Wasco County, died 9 Feb 1977. >> 2. George A. GOODWIN, Hood River, died 30 May 1964. >> >> I would be most greatful for any help and, of course, expect to pay for >the >> cost of copying and mailing. Thanks. >> >> Cecilia <ccombs@eskimo.com>

Hi Peter, Thank you so much for your help with the GOODWIn obituary -- all properly referenced and perfectly typed too. Your good work is appreciated. I'll take a peek at your <oregonlive.com> site too. Cecilia <ccombs@eskimo.com> -----Original Message----- From: Pete Wasser <petew@netcnct.net> To: ORHOODRI-L@rootsweb.com <ORHOODRI-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 7:01 PM Subject: [ORHOODRI] Elizabeth Goodwin Obituary >The Dalles Chronicle, Friday, February 11, 1977, page 2 > > Mrs. Elizabeth K. Goodwin, a resident of The Dalles for the past 13 years and prior to that a resident of the Hood River Valley for more than 45 years, died at a local hospital on Wednesday. She was 88. > She was born March 13, 1888 at Perkinstown, Wisconsin. > Survivors include her daughter, Ione C. Rhodes; a grandson, Russell G. Rhodes; a great-grand daughter, Victoria; and a grand-daughter-in-law, Donna Rhodes, all of The Dalles; a sister Lily Cota, Vancouver, Washington; numerous nieces and nephews; and three brothers-in-law in Canada. Her husband George, died in 1964. > Funeral services will be Monday at 1 p.m. at Smith Callaway Chapel. > > >Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon > >Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser > >Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society >c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library >722 Court Street >The Dalles, Oregon 97058 >http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy

Surnames: Lucas, Lounsberry, Irwin Mabel Claire Lucas, 93, a resident of Hood River (Oregon), died at a care center in Hood River on October 5, 2002. She was born October 15, 1908, in Williston, North Dakota to Frank B. and Mabel Alice (Lounsberry) Irwin. She grew up and was educated in Alexandria, Minnesota. She married Paul H. W. Lucas on October 2, 1928, in Alexandria. In the late 1930s to the early 1940s they moved to Hood River to be closer to family. She was a foster parent for 50 years and over that time was a foster mother to hundreds of children. She was also a full time mom for her own seven sons. She enjoyed crocheting and dewing and was known for her talent at restoring donated stuffed animals and dolls for children's Christmas presents. Survivors include her sons, Harold Lucas, Odell (Oregon); Mel Lucas, The Dalles; Walt and Robert Lucas, both of Hood River; 28 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, a brother, her husband, and sons, Wayne, Carroll, Don and Dean Lucas. A viewing visitation will be held Wednesday, October 9, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Anderson Tribute Center. Funeral services will be on Thursday, October 10, at 2 p.m. at Anderson Tribute Center. Private interment will follow at Mt. View Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, sent in care of Anderson Tribute Center, 1401 Belmont, Hood River, Oregon 97031. The Dalles Chronicle October 9, 2002. Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy

Surnames: Ollikkala, Johnson Lydia Emilia Ollikkala, 91, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local care facility on Saturday, October 5, 2002. She was born May 30, 1911, in Bismarck, North Dakota, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Johnson. She grew up and was schooled in North Dakota. She lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota before moving to California in 1941, and then moved from the San Francisco bay area to Portland in 1949. She moved to Dufur (Oregon) in the early 1960s and settled in The Dalles in 1968. She had been a hospital nurse and member of Life In Christ Center. She enjoyed homemaking, cooking, sewing, embroidery, the outdoors and gardening. She is survived by her son, Wayne Ollikkala and wife, Gabriele, Reno (Nevada); four grandchildren, including David Ollikkala, Hood River (Oregon). She was preceded in death by her husband, Arvo Vilja Ollikkala in 1970 and a son, Ernest. Graveside services will be held at The Dalles Parklawn Cemetery at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, October 8, with Reverend J.W. Jepson officiating. Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements. The Dalles Chronicle October 7, 2002. Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy

The Dalles Chronicle, Friday, February 11, 1977, page 2 Mrs. Elizabeth K. Goodwin, a resident of The Dalles for the past 13 years and prior to that a resident of the Hood River Valley for more than 45 years, died at a local hospital on Wednesday. She was 88. She was born March 13, 1888 at Perkinstown, Wisconsin. Survivors include her daughter, Ione C. Rhodes; a grandson, Russell G. Rhodes; a great-grand daughter, Victoria; and a grand-daughter-in-law, Donna Rhodes, all of The Dalles; a sister Lily Cota, Vancouver, Washington; numerous nieces and nephews; and three brothers-in-law in Canada. Her husband George, died in 1964. Funeral services will be Monday at 1 p.m. at Smith Callaway Chapel. Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy

The Dalles Chronicle, Tueseay, June 2, 1964, page 2 GEORGE GOODWIN TAKEN BY DEATH Funeral services were set Tuesday afternoon at the Anderson Funeral Home, Hood River (Oregon), for George A. Goodwin, 75, former Dalles resident who died at his home in Hood River on Memorial DAy. He is survived by his widow and a daughter, Mrs. H.B. Belshee, and a grandson, Russel Rhodes, both of The Dalles. Mr. Goodwin formerly lived in The Dalles several years. This same article appears in The Dalles Optimist, Thursday, June 4, 1964, page 3. Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy ----- Original Message ----- From: "cecilia combs" <ccombs@eskimo.com> To: <ORHOODRI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 9:25 PM Subject: [ORHOODRI] Looking for Hood River obituary > Hi, > > I am looking for two obituaries for a man and wife who died in Hood River > and Wasco County. Is there anyone who would mind helping me with this? The > two obits are for: > > 1. Elizabeth K. GOODWIN, Wasco County, died 9 Feb 1977. > 2. George A. GOODWIN, Hood River, died 30 May 1964. > > I would be most greatful for any help and, of course, expect to pay for the > cost of copying and mailing. Thanks. > > Cecilia <ccombs@eskimo.com> > > > ==== ORHOODRI Mailing List ==== > Do you think you might have a virus? Let HouseCall check out your > system FREE. Go to http://housecall.antivirus.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Surnames: Sewell, Whitaker, Walther, Espey Win "Winnie" Sewell, 74, a resident of Hood River (Oregon), died at a care center in Hood River on September 23, 2002. She was born February 22, 1928 to Harry and Bessie (Whitaker) Walther in The Dalles. She spent her childhood in The Dalles and later graduated from The Dalles High School. Once out of high school, she worked for Hudson Insurance in The Dalles. She married Bud Sewell in The Dalles on January 16, 1964. They moved to La Grande (Oregon) to work with the railroad. After living there for about 19 years, he retired and they moved to Hood River where they have lived ever since. She enjoyed recreational bowling and going to lunch and socializing with her teammates. She was a talented seamstress and made clothes for all of her family members and also enjoyed square dancing. Survivors include her husband, Bud Sewell, The Dalles; and a daughter, Linda Sewell, Husam, Washington. She was preceded in death by her husband, David Espey, a son, Daniel, and a brother, Harry Walther II. Private family services will be held at a later date. Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Gorge, in care of Anderson's Tribute Center, 1401 Belmont, Hood River, Oregon 97031. The Dalles Chronicle October 8, 2002 Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WOODY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/nZB.2ACE/161.2 Message Board Post: I am interested in finding out anything about my grandfather's death on July 3, 1932. He died off the coast of Garibaldi. His name was Aaron Hobart Woody. He was born 3/25/1897.

From: "Layne Sawyer" <laynes@archive2.sos.state.or.us> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 2:08 PM Subject: [OREGON] Oregon State Archives searchable index > Dear Rooters, > > I am happy to announce that the folks with the programming knowledge have made > some adjustments to the website > > http://genealogy.state.or.us > > and there is no longer an incompatibility with the earlier version of > Netscape. I appreciate the patience of the folks who were having this problem. > > Please let me know if there are any additional problems. > > Regards, > > Layne Sawyer > Oregon State Archives > layne.g.sawyer@sos.state.or.us > > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the OREGON LIST > To Search the OREGON-L or leave the lists use this link to the Oregon-L > web site http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > Oregon Archives http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ > Us Gen Web Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/or/orfiles.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CLARK, ORDWAY, COREY, INGELL Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/nZB.2ACE/184 Message Board Post: The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., January 1, 1943, page 5 MRS. MARY CLARK PASSES AWAY IN VANCOUVER Mrs. Mary Clark passed away on December 24 at the home of her daughter near Vancouver. She was well known here, and was the mother of Mrs. Rufus Ordway, Mrs. Frank Corey and Mrs. Fred Ingell, of Parkdale. Funeral services were held in Hood River Saturday, December 26. This was posted for reference only. I am not related to, nor am I researching this family.

Hi, I am looking for two obituaries for a man and wife who died in Hood River and Wasco County. Is there anyone who would mind helping me with this? The two obits are for: 1. Elizabeth K. GOODWIN, Wasco County, died 9 Feb 1977. 2. George A. GOODWIN, Hood River, died 30 May 1964. I would be most greatful for any help and, of course, expect to pay for the cost of copying and mailing. Thanks. Cecilia <ccombs@eskimo.com>