Oregon pioneer records : typed transcripts, circa 1847-1864.

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Oregon pioneer records : typed transcripts, circa 1847-1864.

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Includes typescript copies of diaries, letters and narratives, with biographical and genealogical notes and photographs added. Originals of some items in private possession as noted thereon. Included are accounts of overland journeys to Oregon; organizational journal, 1845, for train captained by Solomon Tetherow (1800-1879); diary, April 23 - November 5, 1847, of Lester Hulin (1823-1897); autobiography of Solomon Zumwalt (1807-1888); autobiography of James Addison Bushnell (1826-1912), concerning journey to Oregon, 1852, gold-hunting experiences in southern Oregon and California, and life at Grand Prairie and Junction; diary, April 6 - June 25, 1852, of John Joseph Callison (1830-1852); diary, March 15, 1853 - January 22, 1854, of Basil Nelson Longworth; diary, March 23 - September 27, 1853, of George Belshaw (1816-1893); diaries and narratives of emigrants who attempted the "Elliott Cutoff" of 1853 across southern Oregon: John Corydon Bushnell (1833-1912), Andrew S. McClure (1829-1898). Benjamin Franklin Owen, Charlotte Emily (Stearns) Pengra (1827- ), and Agnes (Stewart) Warner (1832-1905); letters of Elijah Bristow (1788-1872) and his son Elijah Lafayette Bristow (1832-1887) covering an overland journey to Oregon, 1845, and life in Oregon and the Idaho mines, 1857-1864; diary of Henry Clay Huston (1828-1899) in Rogue River War, 1856; in Willamette Valley, 1857-1858; visit east and return (including remarks on Nauvoo, Illinois), 1859-1860, traveling via Panama.

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Huston, Henry Clay, 1828-1899

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Henry Clay Huston served two terms as state senator for Lane County, beginning in 1866. He was a Democrat. From the guide to the Henry Clay Huston papers, 1857-1901, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) Henry Clay Huston served two terms as Democratic state senator for Lane County, beginning in 1866. From the description of Henry Clay Huston papers, 1857-1901. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50769887 ...

McClure, Andrew S., 1829-1898

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Andrew S. McClure was born May 3, 1829 in Darwin, Indiana. He died March 21, 1898 in Eugene, Oregon. In 1853, during his journey across the plains from Kansas to Oregon, McClure and a small group of companions left their wagon train in order to obtain assistance. This little party crossed the Cascade range in the neighborhood of the "Three Sisters" mountains, following the south bank of the McKenzie river and emerging at the "High Banks" of the river. During the journey,...

Pengra, Charlotte Emily Stearns, 1827-

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Belshaw, George., 1816-1893.

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Born in England; Belshaw came to America with his parents in 1833. He was elected captain of the wagon train to Oregon. From the description of Diary, 1853. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 31208886 ...

Hulin, Lester, 1823-1897.

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Bushnell, James Addison, 1826-1912

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James Addison Bushnell was a merchant in Lane County, Oregon. From the description of James Addison Bushnell papers [manuscript], 1846-1862. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 691272577 From the guide to the James Addison Bushnell papers, 1846-1862, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) ...

Tetherow, Solomon, 1800-1879.

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Solomon Tetherow was a wagonmaster of an expedition to Oregon. From the guide to the Solomon Tetherow journal, circa 1800-1879, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) ...

Lane County Historical Society (Or.)

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Bristow, E. Lafayette, 1832-1887

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Elijah Bristow (1788) was the first white settler within the present day boundary lines of Lane county. From the guide to the Elijah LaFayette Bristow's "Rencounters with Inidans, Highwaymen and outlaws" manuscript, 1878, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) E. Lafayette Bristow crossed the Plains to Oregon in 1848 and settled near his father, Elijah Bristow, at Pleasant Hill. In 1862 he went to the Salmon River mines in Idaho, remain...

Owen, Benjamin Franklin.

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Bristow, Elijah, 1788-1872

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In 1845 Elijah Bristow left Illinois, crossed the Plains to California, and wintered at Sutter's Fort. In the spring of 1846, along with Eugene F. Skinner, Felix Scott, and William Dodson, he traveled to the upper Willamette Valley, settling about 20 miles southeast of present-day Eugene. He called the area "Pleasant Hill." Bristow was the first permanent white settler in Lane County. From the description of Elijah Bristow papers, 1816-1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 780068559 ...

Stewart, Agnes, 1832-1905

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Bushnell, John Corydon, 1833-1912.

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Online Archive of California

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Callison, John Joseph., 1830-1852.

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Zumwalt, Solomon, 1807-1888

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