--WebTV-Mail-1708659009-107 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit I meant to copy this to the list. Plus I want to add that the Alaska Gold Rush was a big draw 1895-1900+ M. J. Jodoin, USA mjjodoin@webtv.net Genealogy/History, Seattle International Film Festival, Mt. St. Helens Anniversary pages http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/5209/index.html --WebTV-Mail-1708659009-107 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAuAhUAxywsl53CabQqFjIC+v/GyVVkQBMCFQDGITXtvbzwGVKF6/6WpiA0fwWIFQ== From: mjjodoin@webtv.net (Marjorie Jodoin) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 12:32:23 -0700 (PDT) To: selmag@pacbell.net Subject: Re: Emigration Message-ID: <1330-35969A47-388@mailtod-141.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) My Maine folk left early on 1840s, 1859, but my ggf left ca. 1880. The early ones came round the Horn. 1840s was just opportunistic, I think; they were among the earliest merchants in Oregon other than Hudson's Bay folk and were at the ready when the first wagon trains arrived. 1859, I personally think had something to do with the Civil War. That family had lost 9 of 12 kids and at least one son was approaching teens; fear of war? But also, they were being encouraged, I suspect, by her brother who was the 1840s emigrant. There were a lot of promoters pushing dreams in the last quarter of 19th c. Pamphlets etc. 1880--My ggf had a dream of being involved with the Orient trade, although he journied west via a job with the railroads. I think that after 1880, the availability of railroads was a big incentive to the adventurous. The massive influx of European immigrants in the 1890s was also off-putting to older, more established people (competition issues). A great unsung source of background info--maps, charts, pictures as well as history--are the various Time/Life series. Used bookstores are often glutted with these and they are terrific! I have picked up relevant single volumes from The Old West, The Civil War, and the Seafarers. The last is fabulous for cut-aways of the packet ships that brought over folk from Europe, harbor maps, emigration routes, etc. Most of these volumes are fairly cheap at a used book store. When looking, check out whether the store carries maps--I have found boxes of unsorted maps from National Geographic that cover all sorts of historical/emigration issues at 50 cents a piece. M. J. Jodoin, USA mjjodoin@webtv.net Genealogy/History, Seattle International Film Festival, Mt. St. Helens Anniversary pages http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/5209/index.html --WebTV-Mail-1708659009-107--