Oregon Historical Quarterly, Volumen25Oregon Historical Society., 1924 |
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A. J. Cook April arrived Astoria August Bancroft Ben Holladay Bishop Scott Bishop Scott Academy bonds Bradford brought building camp Captain Carson Cascades cattle church Circuit Rider coast Colnett Colonel Columbia River construction crossed Dalles day we traveled dollars East Side Company Elliott emigrants five miles freight Gaston grant grass Helen's Hall hills Holladay Indians island J. C. Ainsworth John July June land legislature March Mormon morning mountain Nootka Sound o'clock Olmstead Oregon and California Oregon Central Railroad Oregon Historical Society Oregon Portage Railroad Oregon side Oregon Steam Navigation Pacific pany passed pioneer plain Platte Pony Port Orford Portland Princess Royal pupils Quimper Railroad Company ridge road route Ruckel Salt Lake City San Francisco small creek spring Steam Navigation Company steamboat stream Tetherow trail wagons Washington West Side Willamette Valley William Yamhill Yamhill county
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Página 249 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line...
Página 305 - Pedlar and captured her, and kept possession of the prize for some two months, during which they dropped down to San Bias. Here Mr. Hunt proposed to Mr. Seton to cross the Continent and reach the United States the best way he could. Mr. Seton, accordingly, went to the Isthmus of Darien, where he was detained several months by sickness, but finally reached Carthagena, where a British fleet was lying in the roads to take off the English merchants, who in consequence of the revolutionary movements going...
Página 100 - Samuel, and of the prophets : who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Página 12 - Then, again, that steady flow of wind up to and through the South Pass would hurl the dust and sand in one's face sometimes with force enough to sting from the impact upon the face and hands.
Página 33 - I agree not to use profane language, not to get drunk, not to gamble, not to treat animals cruelly, and not to do anything else that is incompatible with the conduct of a gentleman...
Página 23 - bunks,' a mass of mingled rags and buffalo robes; the center of the room was occupied by a rickety table, and boxes, turned up on their long sides acted as chairs. The unescapable stove was there, filling the interior with the aroma of meat. As usual, the materials for ablution, a 'dipper...
Página 183 - STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Los Angeles— SS. On this day of , 1943, before me, , a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared , .known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF...
Página 84 - Captains and conquerors leave a little dust, And kings a dubious legend by their reign ; The swords of Caesar they are less than rust ; The poet doth remain.
Página 65 - He was a picturesque character for he wore his hair long and wore high boots, tucking the trousers in one boot and letting the other trouser leg cover the boot. He was really a pretty able lawyer and a very genial man, but I wasn't very crazy about his poetry. He sent his verses to the Times-Mountaineer at The Dalles, publishing it under the name of John Smith, Jr. Later he ran a good deal of his verse in the Blue Mountain Eagle at Canyon City under his own name of CH Miller.
Página 296 - Mult-no-mah7 discharged itself behind the Island which we called the image canoe Island and as we had left this island to the S. both in ascending and decending the river we had never seen it. they informed us that it was a large river and run a considerable distance to the South between the mountains.