[or-roots] Travel in 1878

[E V Barnes]

The Central Pacific became the Southern Pacific which is now part of Union Pacific.  I am told UP years back was
even destroying their old employee lists.
And RR tickets were not issued by name,
but if a car were reserved for shipment of
family and goods, a record might exist.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Suz_ES 
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
  Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 3:42 PM
  Subject: RE: [or-roots] Travel in 1878


  Are there passenger lists I can access to see if he used the train?

  Suzanne in Newberg
  suz_es at verizon.net
  Clark/Sims/Henry/Lambert/Forrest (Yamhill Cty)
  Averill/Robison/Orr/Kingery (Benton, Coos, Linn Cty)

  -----Original Message-----
  From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
  [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of Kith-n-Kin
  Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 7:51 AM
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us; 'OREGON-L at rootsweb. com'
  Subject: RE: [or-roots] Travel in 1878


  No reason to think they didn't come by wagon -- some of mine did as late as
  1887-88.  Some came by train
  in 1893, also from Nebraska.

  Train travel to Oregon probably wouldn't have taken place until after
  1883 -- but perhaps a party could
  have used rail and trail both before that.

  Here's a little history on the subject from
  http://pdxhistory.com.tripod.com/pdxtrains/pdxtrains.html:

  "Early settlers claimed the land that became Portland in 1843 and by 1849
  the town had grown enough to
  have a Post Office. New settlers sailed from California up the coast to the
  Columbia River and then down
  the Willamette River for a short way to get to Portland, or they braved the
  elements and traveled overland
  by wagon train.

  Railroad History in Oregon began when Ben Holliday started building the
  Oregon & California Railroad in
  1869. He made it to McMinnville in 1872 and ran out of money. Henry Villard,
  who represented German
  bondholders took control of the line. It took 8 years for construction to
  resume. On May 4, 1884 Villard
  got as far as Ashland before the line was sold to the Southern Pacific
  Railroad. Service from Portland to
  California finally opened in 1887.

  Rail service from Portland to the east opened in 1883 when the Oregon
  Railroad and Navigation Company,
  which went east of Portland along the Columbia River, and connected with the
  Northern Pacific Railroad at
  Wallula Junction, which is south of Tri-Cities, Washington.

  A second transcontinental railroad opened in 1884 when the OR&N connected
  with the Oregon Short Line and
  the Union Pacific at Huntington, Oregon.

  Railroads grew in popularity and eventually they became the preferred method
  of travel, in the days before
  airplanes and busses. Northern Pacific, Union Pacific, Great Northern and
  Southern Pacific all served
  Portland with passenger and freight service."

  Regards,

  Pat (in Tucson)
  Nosco vestri atavi est ingredior intellego vestri ego
  (To become acquainted with your ancestors is to begin to comprehend your
  self)


  -----Original Message-----
  From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
  [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us] On Behalf Of
  Suz_ES
  Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 22:16
  To: OREGON-L at rootsweb. com
  Cc: or-Roots at Sosinet. Sos. State. or. Us
  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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