In a message dated 5/3/2004 2:06:18 PM Central Standard Time, rayp6217@comcast.net writes: While I'm at it, does anybody know what would of lured residents of Oregon down to the Alameda County, CA area during the 1855 to 1865 time frame? I have a number of relatives who went down there and then came back up to OR between those years. I don't know where Alameda Co., CA is, but would it have anything to do with the CA Gold Rush, or Union Pacific RR lines? J. Marcus

I had Powells who left Williamette area of Oregon and went down for the gold rush.. brothers. What are your Powell names? ----- Original Message ----- From: <Millmarc@aol.com> To: <POWELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 12:03 AM Subject: Re: [POWELL] ASK & ANSWER QUESTIONS SOME ONE KNOWS > In a message dated 5/3/2004 2:06:18 PM Central Standard Time, > rayp6217@comcast.net writes: > > While I'm at it, does anybody know what would of lured residents of Oregon > down to the Alameda County, CA area during the 1855 to 1865 time frame? I > have a number of relatives who went down there and then came back up to OR > between those years. > I don't know where Alameda Co., CA is, but would it have anything to do with > the CA Gold Rush, or Union Pacific RR lines? > > J. Marcus > > > ==== POWELL Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Powell surname list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to Powell-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the digest list > to Powell-d-request if you are on the digest list. > > ============================== > 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 > >