How very interesting Virginia. Thank you for sharing the information about the route they took. Just in case you are working the Patnode line, Clara Patnode, daughter of David and Clara Patnode married my great uncle, Charles Eugene Peterson on Dec 20 1895 in Arkansaw, WI, so we have an interest in the history of Patnodes. Swede in Oregon (and Oregon native Cathy) (Surnames of Pepin County: Kallstrom, Carlson, Peterson, Hedlund, Johnson, Anderson and many allied families) > I think it very likely that at least some of the Patnodes and LaPeans came > together, > > Virginia >