McLain brothers correspondence 1857-1865 McLain brothers

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McLain brothers correspondence 1857-1865 McLain brothers

Charles and Samuel McLain traveled west in the 1850s to find gold. Their letters reflect the hardships they encountered.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6392269

William L. Clements Library

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McLain, Samuel

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Samuel and Charles McLain migrated west in the 1850s to find their fortunes prospecting for gold. Their father, James McLain, was a Pennsylvanian who had settled with his wife in Mountsville, Ohio, where they raised a family of six sons and three daughters. In 1852, Sam, then 24 years old, left the family homestead for Oregon, and settled in Philomath, where he lived for the rest of his life. Considered to be an early pioneer, he helped to blaze the trails that opened up the Yaquima...

McLain, Charles

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Samuel and Charles McLain migrated west in the 1850s to find their fortunes prospecting for gold. Their father, James McLain, was a Pennsylvanian who had settled with his wife in Mountsville, Ohio, where they raised a family of six sons and three daughters. In 1852, Sam, then 24 years old, left the family homestead for Oregon, and settled in Philomath, where he lived for the rest of his life. Considered to be an early pioneer, he helped to blaze the trails that opened up the Yaquima...