Author: Mgoddard

  • Young girl with a braided ponytail sits in tall grass among daisies, outdoors, wearing a pink dress and looking at the camera.

    May 15, 2026
    Old newspaper articles often contain a wealth of information about our pioneering families, providing valuable insight into their lives, their…
  • May 15, 2026
    John T. Hammack Leaves to Posterity Interesting Autobiography As printed in The Idaho Statesman, Sun, Sep 15, 1935 Editorial Note:…
  • Old stone hut with a rounded thatched roof, a doorway, and people with a horse-drawn cart nearby.

    April 16, 2026
    There is no question that my writing has been skewed towards the Oregon Trail and families that settled in the…
  • March 31, 2026
    Winifred Jennings Cowley (1859–1924): A Frontier Witness and Advocate for Native Sovereignty In a blog post on the Josephy Center…
  • Bound For Oregon

    March 26, 2026
    The history of the Oregon Trail is taught at the 4th grade level at my daughter's school. I'd helped my…
  • JD Ranches

    March 6, 2026
    https://oregontrailgenealogy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/JD-Ranches.kmz The map image above is taken from a Google Earth presentation of early ranches in the John Day Valley.…
  • GodeysLadysBookCoverJune1867

    March 2, 2026
    The 1845 wagon trains to the Oregon Territory were significant for several reasons. Immigrants had been making their way to…
  • Loula South

    February 5, 2026
    Loula Bebber (South) Humphreys was born in North Carolina in 1883 and passed away in Bend, Oregon in 1969. But…
  • Elgin and Moray antique map

    January 25, 2026
    The following is one of those genealogical mysteries which will undoubtedly hurt your brain and completely waste your time!  The…
  • Western Gold Dredging Companys gold dredge in operation on John Day River

    December 15, 2025
    In the 1930s, Kathleen Bales was in her early twenties, and she was falling in love. Her parents, Charles Vincent…
  • National Anthropological Archives / Smithsonian Institution

    April 30, 2025
    As I wrote in "Images of Family Research," I’ve not encountered many people who aren’t intrigued, and often captivated, by…
  • Abandoned cabin along East Fork of Gold Creek (photo by the Author)

    April 15, 2025
    A half hour NE of Potlatch, Idaho is a mountainous area, its prominent feature being Gold Hill, elev. 4646 ft.…
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