[or-roots] Travel in 1878

[Barbara Wulf]

About 1888 my grandfather and his extended family came to Oregon from
Nebraska by freight train car.  They hired a freight car and loaded
everything they owned and the entire family into it and settled in the
Corbett [east Multnomah County] area.

Barb
wulf at bendbroadband.com
http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm

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From: "Suz_ES" <Suz_ES at verizon.net>
To: "OREGON-L at rootsweb. com" <OREGON-L at rootsweb.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 10:15 PM
Subject: [or-roots] Travel in 1878


> I have a question about travel to Oregon in 1878.  How many different ways
> did people come to Oregon?  I am tracking an ancestor that was in Nebraska
> in 1870 (1870 Fed Census) and was married in Oregon in 1876 or 78.  I
don't
> think he came out on a wagon train, but maybe via railroad?  I just need
to
> know what to persue first.
>
> Thanks
>
> Suzanne in Newberg
> suz_es at verizon.net
> Clark/Sims/Henry/Lambert/Forrest (Yamhill Cty)
> Averill/Robison/Orr/Kingery (Benton, Coos, Linn Cty)
>
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