Pioneer days : how Col. T.R. Cornelius and party crossed the plains, 1885.

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Pioneer days : how Col. T.R. Cornelius and party crossed the plains, 1885.

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Partial proof of newspaper column, written by Samuel Clarke and published in The Oregonian (July 5, 1885), concerning Thomas Cornelius and his family's misguided detour to The Dalles, led by Stephen Meek in 1845. The Cornelius family left Jasper County, Missouri (April 2, 1845) and arrived in Washington County, Oregon (1845).

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Meek, Stephen Hall, 1805-1889

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Cornelius, Thomas R., 1827-1899.

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Thomas R. Cornelius, Oregon pioneer, soldier and politician, was born in Missouri and came to Oregon Territory with his family over the Oregon trail in 1845. The family settled on a farm on the Tualatin Plains, north of what would become the community of Cornelius. He fought in the Cayuse War of 1848 before going to California for the Gold Rush. He returned to Oregon in 1849 and In 1855, Cornelius volunteered for the militia to fight against the Yakima tribe. Cornelius led a company with the ran...

Clarke, Samuel A., 1827-1909.

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Cornelius later became president of the Oregon Central Railroad Company. From the description of Pioneer days : how Col. T.R. Cornelius and party crossed the plains, 1885. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 31325902 ...