James Bowles Stephens collection 1852-1983

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James Bowles Stephens collection 1852-1983

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv63220

Collection includes: Photostat manuscript bond of Stephens and Gideon Tibbetts, August 30, 1852, between Stephens to keep a ferry across the Willamette River opposite Portland; Manuscript articles of agreement between Stephens and Joseph Knott, March 25, 1861 and January 24, 1862, for rights to Stephens' ferry franchise; Typescript photocopy "James B. Stephen: The Life and Times of Portland's First Ferryman," by Edmund G. Fisher, 42 pp, circa 1983. James B. Stephens (1806-1889) was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6375540

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Stephens, James Bowles,

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Fisher, Edmund G.,

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Knott, Joseph.

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Tibbetts, Gideon,

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Stephens, James Bowles, 1806-1889.

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James B. Stephens (1806-1889) was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania. From the guide to the James Bowles Stephens collection, 1852-1983, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) James B. Stephens (1806-1889) was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania. He worked as a cooper, and in 1844 he traveled overland to Oregon. Settling first in Oregon City, he came to the new town of Portland in 1845 and built the first house opposite the townsite on...