[or-roots] Gillespie Homestead location

[W David Samuelsen]

When you switch to aerial photo, it clearly show there are some settled areas.

the center one clearly showed a demarcation line of forests just south of 
Highway 224. and there's the ranch at the east bow of Hwy 224.

David

Leslie Chapman wrote:
> I don't know about the place names listed, but I believe (couldn't be sure
> of the range but assumeing baseline is willamette Meridian this is the
> place) your ancestors homestead is still pretty much in the middle of
> nowhere;
> 
> Nearest referent I could find is Red Bridge State park, the homestead is a
> couple of miles towards Hilgard Jct from there and may be closer to the
> Junction, the scales they offer at the follwing location make this a bit
> imprecise;
> 
> http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=13&Z=11&X=249&Y=3135&W=1
> 
> this link will give you a digital image of the topo map of section fifteen;
> which will be the reddish lined square to the left of center of the screen
> with the heavy black and red line showing highway 244 running horizonatally
> across about a third of the way from the bottom of the section, you will
> nituce a black line running a zig zag course from the left margin of the
> section on the horizontal halfway across; when it hits the first vertical
> zag it is running the west boundary of S½NE  as described in the USGLO info
> you will find on the link provided, when it zigs to the right again it is
> running along the north boundary of that same portion of the homestead, if
> you extend the second zig to the right edge of the section you will have
> outlined the north boundary of that part. Notice however directly below the
> second zag at the bottom of the section there is a field of green that cuts
> of in a straight vertical edge which runs across the section line into
> section 21; this line would be approximately the west boundary of E½SE, if
> you extend that margin vertically until it intersects and extension of the
> first zig of the zig zag line running frm the west boundary of the section
> you will have defined the west boundary of E½SE. To finish the description
> of the homestead then return to the point where the second zig intersects
> the east boundary of the section and follow the section line south and then
> west to the green vertical line any you have an L shaped piece of ground of
> about 160 acres which was the homestead.
> 
> The fact that it shows up on the map clearly outlined by the fields of green
> makes me think that the patent was ultimatley taken over by someone, if not
> your Grandpa.
> 
> Les C
> 
> Patentee Name: GILLESPIE, GEORGE
> State: OR
> County: Union
> Issue Date: 6/13/1878
> Land Office: Lagrande
> Doc.Nr. : 432
> Accession/Serial Nr.:  RLGAA 093982
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