Stories from Contributors
May 2, 2024The Undertone of Scottish Heritage
I was researching the Cant Family and the Scottish community around Dayville, which led me to Murdock Murchison, which led…
February 27, 2024The Divisions of Labor
Isolation was a common feature for the scattered residents in the far reaches of the PNW. Until the 1910s, most…
January 2, 2024An Unsolved Mystery in the Imnaha
Here's a test of your genealogical research skills. It's been 90 years since Martin Hibbs was murdered along Granite Creek…
December 26, 2023The Bugle Call of Camp Logan
I am continually amazed at the connections between families, stories, and histories. As I bring these stories alive, there starts…
December 24, 2023Grandma Remembers – Early Life in the Imnaha
An account written by Arlene Blevans Reams of her life in Oregon (unedited) In a previous story of mine, "Two…
November 29, 2023Sarah Alice Manwaring – Memoirs of a young girl on the Oregon Trail in 1869
The following account was written by Sarah A. Manwaring (transcribed from the original by family) as she and her family…
October 4, 2023The Golden Nugget (Revised)
In family research, while we dredge through archives, untangle archaic script in old documents, and build our family trees, there…
September 28, 2023John Francis Freeman, Diary 1852
I have yet to find an Oregon Trail diary written by a member of the train that my Fisk family…
- July 24, 2023
Hannah Maria Goddard
~ Hannah Maria Goddard (1828-1919) Wife of husband of 2nd cousin four times removed. At 18 years old, Hanna first…
- July 14, 2023
To Oregon With Ox Teams: The Diary of Charles A. Brandt,1851 – Contributed by Loa Mize
The account of this trip is taken from a journal kept by C. A. Brandt. He kept a daily account…
- July 10, 2023
Journal Article: Cutoff Fever by Leah Collins Menefee & Lowell Tiller
Oregon Historical Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 4 (Dec., 1976), pp. 308-340
