Wesley Shannon letter to E.L. Bristow [manuscript], 1884 Apr. 4.

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Wesley Shannon letter to E.L. Bristow [manuscript], 1884 Apr. 4.

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Handwritten letter describing when Wesley Shannon and "Uncle Bristow" (presumably Elijah Bristow) came to Lane County in 1846.

2 pages.

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Bristow family.

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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...

Shannon, Wesley.

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Elijah Bristow was the first pioneer to build a home in Lane County in October of 1846. From the description of Wesley Shannon letter to E.L. Bristow [manuscript], 1884 Apr. 4. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 663206860 ...