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Grande Ronde Valley Pioneer Memoir Timeline
President Rinehart recounts early Grande Ronde history in a two part address. The narrator arrives July 11 1862 with brothers Frank and Son, camps near Old La Grande, describes initial settlements, trail roads, and raw frontier life including seed wheat, log houses, and community aid from neighbors and women. He reflects on building a home, the Dry Creek farm, and the first reunion in 1903 while recounting settlers and routes through Wasco County Oregon})
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Rinehart
Northwest
Union County
Grande Ronde Valley
Grande Ronde
Frank and Son
Old la Grande
Ben Brown
Leasy
la Grande
Eummerville
Union
Walla Walla
Thomas
Summerville
Dry Creek
Plains
Oregon
Wasco County
Dalles
Walla Waren
Curry
Jean la Grande
Testein
Walla Wolla
Corry