[Papers, 1831-1925] [microform]. 1959.

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[Papers, 1831-1925] [microform]. 1959.

Includes correspondence with John T. Apperson relating to military protection of Oregon during the Civil War, and development of the Oregon Central Railroad.

1 microfilm reel : neg. ; 35 mm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7522630

University of Oregon Libraries

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Oregon and California Railroad.

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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...

Apperson, John Samuel, 1837-1908

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John Thomas Apperson, Oregon pioneer, was born in Kentucky in 1834 and the family moved to Missouri the following year. His family crossed the plains with a Mormon wagon train in 1847, but John's father died on the trip and the family moved to Portland. Apperson enlisted in the Rogue River War in 1856. He was a steamboat captain on the Willamette in 1859 and enlisted in the Oregon cavalry in 1861. He resumed steam boating after the war until 1872 and then and then settled on a farm near Oregon C...