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BRIEF SKETCHESAnd Half-Ton; Illustrations of Public Institutions andPrivate Residences.CHARLES W. WASHBURNE.One of ilie most active and progressive men in Junction t'itv and one who is more closely identified with the growth and development of this part of lame county than any other citixen is C. W. Waahburtte. There ia hardly an enterprise, post or present, worthy of note with which his name ia not connected, and he ia always ready and willing to aid financially and otherwise any project that has for its object the improvementspring of 1853, when he m»KI out and agian crossed the plains, his destination being Oregon, He had two wag* ons, eight yoke of oxen and some hmse cattle. The event of the journey was the birth of his oldest ( child on the plains near Chimney Kook. They erased the Cascade Mountains near by the Bartow route and landed at Foster’s in the fall of 1853, after six months of travel. Mr. Washburn? located his “donation claim of 320 act.** one aid a halfwith two other men* Mr. Bushncll ! titled up a prairie wagon with fourI yoke of oxen. and made the trip In five months. Arriving at Salem they continued south to the mines in I Shasta county, California, where they mined until the summer of 1853 with satisfactory results, Mr. Hushncll then went to San Francisco, and ! thence by steamer and the Nicaragua route, returned to Missouri for his J family. Cpou hia arrival he found a cold hearthstone and empty house, as his family had already started across the plains to Oregon. Retracing his steps he came by steamer and the Iathniua of Panama, arriving in due course at Portland. Proceeding upthe Valley, he searched for his lovedones, and at Springfield there was a joyous meeting In the fall of 1853 lie located a donation claim of 320 acre* six miles south of Junction City, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He lived upon this place until 1805, when he sold it and bought MM) acre* bordering the Willamette river, four miles southeast of June-tion City. There he pursued the same occupation until 1875, when he moved into town, where he has sine,* resided, although he still retains his farm, and owns other agricultural I lands.T. A. AND J. P. MlLLIOf N.Two of the oldest pioneers in this part of latnc county are T. A. and J. I*. Millions brothers, who came to Oregon in 1852. T. A. Milliorti crossed tin* plains to California in 184U and three years later J. P. Mil-liorn, with his parents, he being but a boy at that time, eatne to Oregon, T. A. Milliorn meeting them out on Burnt river. Both of these gentlemen have large holdings of land and an* prominently identified with the history of this part of Uns county.I li.ii- uru •liM'tliitlilrrH xtul il itt'ftur* inKKS1DKNCK OK lt;\ W. \% ASHDl'KNK.
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Junction City Bulletin
Junction City, Oregon, US
Thu, May 30, 1901
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