[or-roots] Travel in 1878

[Aileen Itzen]

My family came from Minnesota to San Francisco by train in 1873, and by boat 
up the coast to the Columbia River and then to Oregon City.  So it was 
possible to make the trip by train if you included a boat ride that early. 
Aileen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Suz_ES" <Suz_ES at verizon.net>
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
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>
>
> 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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