Louis. to St. Joseph. Mo.. and then on here. that there was a good country there. a rich country. a beautiful and fertile country. with a mild climate. and with the spirit of adventure which followed along after the discovery of gold in 1849 there came an exodus. a great immigration to the Pacific coast and into the State of Oregon. In 1848 my father tramped across that country over the Saute Fe trail. In 1852 my mother. a girl from Virginia. walked from Virginia behind an ox team to get into that country in order to make a home.
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