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August 13, 2024Mystery of the Sublette Millions
Many of us who dabble in the history of the Pacific Northwest and the Oregon Trail are familiar with some…
July 31, 2024From a Murder Mystery in Leeds to Iconic Photos of Montana
James Fisk standing on right with wife Lydia and daughter Dell, who traveled the Trail at age two in 1866.…
July 11, 2024The Darker Corners of Family History
As much as we enjoy sharing the stories and history of our families, we tend to skirt cautiously past the…
June 27, 2024The Trail of a Wild, Rough, and Ready Friend
Two Families, One Common Ancestor, Two Hundred Miles Apart tells the story of two Shields families, one in the Imnaha…
May 21, 2024The Boys’ War: The Last Indian Fight in Oregon
Back in February I had posted the following to the Family Trails Genealogy Facebook group: History of Aldrich Mountain and…
April 11, 2024Lessons of Resilience and Independence – The Hen Party
Many of us are familiar with the hardships our ancestors endured while crossing the Oregon Trail. Similarly, we have learned…
April 3, 2024Finding Foot Boppin’ Billies in the Family
For many of us who research family and history, there is often one person who alludes us for years, even…
March 25, 2024JSTOR – An Underappreciated Resource
I have hand-written letters composed by my mother, where she wrote to get family information, birth records, or simply writing…
February 20, 2024Connections in Butler Basin – A Web of Pioneering Families
In May 1845 the Savannah Oregon Emigrating Society, comprised of 100 armed men, 293 emigrants in 66 wagons, 170 guns…
February 14, 2024What Happens in Them Hills, Stays in Them Hills…
In a previous article I gave you An Unsolved Mystery in the Imnaha. In that story I presented a murder…
February 3, 2024Crossings at Weiser Flats
Dead Ox Flat, Poverty Flat, Weiser Flat. A "flat" is a stretch of land, usually near water, low level land…
January 24, 2024The Queen of Pioneers
When we read the memoirs, diaries, and other accounts of our ancestors, we often see oblique references to the people…
