[or-roots] Green or Brown?

[Cecil Houk]

Green or Brown?

I was born brown (1939 Sisters), but grew up green (1942-1957 mostly around Sweet Home).  A great number of my ancestors traveled by wagon train to Oregon 1843-1868; some remained green, some moved to brown.  My paternal grandfather (Wm. Houk) was born near Lebanon in 1868; just a few days after his parents unloaded their wagon.  He relocated, married (Nora May Montgomery), and raised a family in brown territory.

Now I'll beat the Shea property to death.  In 1943 my father bought 20 acres a mile east of Foster.  This was what all that was remaining of the J. Shea homestead.  When Nora May was a child her father (Canada Montgomery) operated a freight wagon between central Oregon and the Willamette Valley.  I don't know the exact route or the years, but I do know that the Montgomerys would stop at the Shea "ranch" to buy onions.  Here is a link to a photo of the house Nora May saw as a little girl (1800?), and I lived in age 4 - 9 (1943-1948):
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/rulaford/3/foster-house0.jpg

Stand by for a bomb blast and do kill the sound track - I'M NO KIDDING!  Here's a link to much more about the Shea place:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/rulaford/3/index2.htm


This is a link to Nora May's entry in my GEDCOM.  It includes a photo of her and Wm. that was taken in (I think) 1939.  Her obit from the 1953 The Oregonian is also there.
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cchouk&id=I00043

To read about and see (some) of my Oregon Trail families go to:
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/oregon_trail/

Born brown, raised green, ended up in San Diedo, and now I'm dark brown.  :-)

Cecil

Cecil Houk, ET1 USN Ret.
PO Box 530833
San Diego CA 92153
FAX 619-428-6434
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ANDERSON - BLAKELY - FORD - HOUK - KIMSEY - MOE - RULAFORD - SIMPSON
Searchable GEDCOM: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cchouk
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