Oregon

“The Big Blue”

The great medley of Oregon and California emigrants, at their camps around Independence, had heard reports that several additional parties were on the point of setting out from St. Joseph’s farther to the northward. The prevailing impression was that these were Mormons, twenty-three hundred in number; and a great alarm was excited in consequence. The

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“Jumping Off”

The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions were no exception to the rule. They had a wagon drawn by six mules and crammed with provisions for six months, besides ammunition enough for a regiment; spare rifles and fowling-pieces,

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Fort Leavenworth

On the next morning we rode to Fort Leavenworth. Colonel, now General, Kearny, to whom I had had the honor of an introduction when at St. Louis, was just arrived, and received us at his headquarters with the high-bred courtesy habitual to him. Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except

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Breaking The Ice

Both Shaw and myself were tolerably inured to the vicissitudes of traveling. We had experienced them under various forms, and a birch canoe was as familiar to us as a steamboat. The restlessness, the love of wilds and hatred of cities, natural perhaps in early years to every unperverted son of Adam, was not our

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The Frontier

Last spring, 1846, was a busy season in the City of St. Louis. Not only were emigrants from every part of the country preparing for the journey to Oregon and California, but an unusual number of traders were making ready their wagons and outfits for Santa Fe. Many of the emigrants, especially of those bound

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Oregon Historical Societies

Oregon Historical Societies Baker County Historical Society Benton County Historical Society & Museum Brooks Historical Society Camp White Historical Association Canby Historical Society Cannon Beach History Center & Museum Clackamas County Family History Society Clatsop County Historical Society Columbia County Historical Society Creswell Area Historical Society Crook County Historical Society Curry Historical Society David Douglas

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Oregon Genealogical Societies

State Genealogical Societies Genealogical Council of Oregon Genealogical Forum of Oregon Oregon Daughters of the American Revolution, Oregon Oregon Genealogy Society Oregon Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society Regional Genealogical Societies Lower Umpqua and Coastal area Genealogical Society Rogue Valley Genealogy Society Willamette Valley Genealogy Society Local Genealogical Societies Bend Genealogical Society (Deschutes County) Benton County

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Oregon Archives

The following are a list of archival repositories within the state of Oregon, or National archival information which holds Oregon records. National Archives United State National Archives Digital Classroom Genealogy Research at the National Archives Oregon Archives Oregon State Archives Oregon Historical County Records Guide Oregon Historical Society Sherman County Historical Museum Frazier Farmstead Museum

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Oregon Libraries

The following are a list of Oregon libraries. If the library is known to have a genealogical or historical section, then we have placed an asterisk (*) beside it. Oregon State Library * Genealogy Periodicals at the State Library (PDF) Master file of Genealogy Resources on Microfilm (PDF) Oregon Newspaper Index Oregon Trail Emigrant Resources (PDF) Special Collections

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Washington Pioneers and Solders in the Indian War

David Shelton, son of Lewis Shelton and Nancy Gladdin, his wife, and grandson of Roderick Shelton and Usley Willard, his wife, of Virginia, was born in Buncombe County, Virginia, Sept. 15, 1812, migrating with his parents to Missouri territory in 1819. He married Frances Willson, born in Kentucky, May 30, 1837, and removed in 1838

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