[or-roots] "The Dickson Train" & 23 wagons starting from Keokuk, Iowa

[kat1928 at integrity.com]

Quoting Nancy Lee Adams <nancydean at columbia-center.org>:

>  Hi Dorothy,
>
> Yes, Hanson & Lavina (Wickard) Stevens were the only one (family) from the
> Dickson Train" who made it to Oregon in 1852. There were 23 wagons in this
> train, but not all related. Started out from Iowa. Stevens were not related
> to the other wagons (22) as far as I know.
>
> I have another ggg-grandfather (McCubbins) who came to Marion Co., Oregon
> abt. Oct. 9, 1852 & settled very close to the Stevens Family at Howell
> Prairie/Silverton, Marion Co Oregon also. Not sure on the name of there
> wagon train or there wagon master either. They came on a different wagon
> train from Franklin Co., Missouri.
>
> I was told when the wagons came west on the trail that sometimes the oldest
> family member would take the lead & be the captain or one who was familiar
> with fighting (wars), being able to handle a gun & fight off Indians or etc.
> & would be good at being the captain of the train..



Nancy;


>
> Thanks! Nancy
>
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: kat1928 at integrity.com
> Date: 08/13/05 12:32:34
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] "The Dickson Train" & 23 wagons starting from Keokuk
>  Iowa
>
> Quoting Nancy Lee Adams <nancydean at columbia-center.org>:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Any one familiar with a wagon train called "The Dickson Train"? Has anyone
> > heard of it?
> >
> > My ggg-grandparents Hanson & Lavina (Wickard) Stevens were with this train
> &
> > the only one to reach Oregon.
> > Some of the men quarreled and parted company, most of the trains going to
> > California. In April of 1852 Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, with seven children,
> the
> > oldest, Isaac, being 13 years old, started from Keokuk, Iowa, in a train
> of
> > 23 wagons, drawn by oxen, for Oregon. Mr Stevens took up a donation land
> > claim of 308 acres near the Newsome sawmill, five miles from Silverton,
> > Oregon.
> >
> > I already have quite a bit on the Stevens family, but would like to learn
> > more on "The Dickson Train", like who was the wagon master & a list of
> other
> > families that were with this train from Iowa & learn all I can about it.
>
>
> Nancy;
>
> I haven't any information on the Dickson Train.  My ggggrandfather came on a
> train in 1852 from Missouri.  I can find records of him being on one train -
> he
> formed his own train so the records aren't much help sometimes.
>
> Do I understand that just your ggg grandfather made it to Oregon from their
> train?  He must have had a lonesome time and a hard time all be himself.
>
> We come from ardy stock!
>
> Good luck on your quest.
>
> Dorothy Webb
> >
> > Thanks! Nancy
> > nancydean at columbia-center.org
>
>
>
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Nancy:

Your Stevens family may have joined in with another train comming through. 
Quite often that happened.

My POwell families had another train join them.  It was the Hunter train.  I can
find no record of the Powell train (about 50 wagons) and I am trying to find
something on the Hunter train.  That way one knows about what our families
experienced along the way.  You might try that.

I am writing a historical novel about the Powells travel to Oregon Territory and
I'd like to have more than what I have to make the book interesting.  A lot has
to be fabricated to glue the facts and dates together.

The Powells came over the trail, branched out onto the Barlow Trail to Oregon
City (where I live) and then up the Willamette River to Linn County, Oregon.

Howell Prairie is beautiful farming country.  Sam Barlow , who built the Barlow
Trail, lived a little north of there.  Linn County is quite a bit south of
Howell Prairie.

I can take a picture of Howell Prairie area for you if you'd like.  It wouldn't
look like in the 1800's but you could see the terrain.


Talk Later;

Dorothy