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Shared with Oregon 150 at the 2009 Oregon State Fair
Joe Snyder
Myrtle Point, OR
Joe Snyder’s Oregon Story
by Roma Shorey Stewart
Stayton, OR
The three lines of my family that came to Oregon in 1846, 1847 and 1852. They were Alvis Kimsey, James Monroe Fulkerson and Rev. Joab Powell. They settled in Yamhill, Linn and Polk Counties. All of them played a part in settling what would become Oregon. My gr. [...]
by Mona Waibel
Sweet Home, OR
John and Martha Ramer Thompson in 1882 sold their home and left Illinois, because one out of four babies died. Martha, 23, had lost a second infant from summer complaint, and older adults were suffering from “tuberculosis”. John, 29, headed to Oregon where the water and air were pure and [...]
by Inna Grigoryeva
Oregon City, OR
I am proud to be an Oregonian. The beauty of nature, structures, buildings, and history says it all. Oregon is special for its mountains, beaches, and deserts. Oregon has all seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter that always give out for its true weather. You can be at Mt. Hood skiing [...]
by Ellen Osborn
Monmouth, OR
I’ll admit it.
It’s taken me quite awhile to adjust to Oregon.
At some point, I realized that I probably wasn’t the first wife to be dragged unwillingly along the Oregon Trail.
It’s not that the rain of the Willamette Valley winter is hard on this desert dweller, but I learned that there is a [...]
by Marcia Allen
Cottage Grove, OR
Born October 10, 1822 In Ohio, he was the youngest in a family of three sons and five daughters raised by a father who was an active church worker and a strict disciplinarian, as well as a large landowner.
He attended Western [...]
by Governor Barbara Roberts
Portland, OR
As Oregon prepares to celebrate our 150th anniversary of statehood, my head is filled
with so many stories and memories I would like to share. However, I have selected a
personal story of a family search that seems perfect for this year of state celebration.
My family came to Oregon on the [...]
By Jane Kirkpatrick
Moro, OR
It’s said that converts become much more rabid than those born into the faith. That’s true for me having grown up in Wisconsin but “converted” to an Oregonian in 1974. Not long after I met my husband (who was born in Ashland), I took a leap of faith moving with [...]
Ronald Folck- Windyhill Ranch, Unity, OR “As a native Oregonian for almost 70 years, my journey started from Russia in 1908 with my grandfather emigrating from Odessa as a German looking for a better life…”
Gail Denham- Sunriver, OR
“Grandma, why did you hide behind that rigid, self-sufficient mask…”
