The Civil War in Oregon

Biographical Sketches

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Reminiscences of a Trip Across the Plains in '45 - by Mrs. Burnett (nee Lucy Jane Hall)

Adam Smith Hamilton

Robert Wilson Hamilton

Robert B. Hargadine - with photo of Robert and Martha Hargadine

John Hatcher

William Hawk

Abel D. Helman

Cornelius Joel Hills

James Hodgen

Charles Murphy Howard

Amos Henry Howard

William Henry Howard

Lutilda Rice Huff

Lester Hulin's Diary of the trip of the 1847 Oskaloosa Company

Hon. George J. Hurley

Olive Elizabeth (Knifong) Hussey

Perry Hyde

F. Marion Hyde

John B. Ingram

Hiram Alva Johnson

William Warren "Broady" Johnson

My Mother's Flower Garden - by Charlotte Matheny Kirkwood

Joseph W. Knifong

"Crossing the Plains" - Rhoda Ann (Thurlo) Knifong

Harry B. Lane

Benjamin Austin Leonard

George H. Lynch

John McCourt

John McHargue II

Florence Courtney Melton

John S. Mires

Hans Ott (text file)

Caleb J. Payne

Thomas Jefferson Payne and Susan Mary Warren - with photos

Asa H. Peterson

James Newton Poindexter

Doctor Harvey, Thomas Simpson, Bennet W., Lawrence, and Martha Ann Poindexter

David P. Porter

Joab Powell - with photos of Joab and Ann Powell

Hon. David Oliver Quick

Fred Ragsdale

Elisha H. Randall

Alexander Raymond

McDonough Bainbridge Rees

Hon. Willard Hall Rees

Joseph F. Scott

Joseph H. Savery Family - with photos

Franklin Shelton

Isaiah Smelser

Hiram Wesley Smith

The Hon. Irvin Lucien Smith

Lucinda (Moore) Smith

Michael Smith

Lafayette Spencer's Oregon Trail Diary of 1852

Benjamin E. Stanton

Peter Grant Stewart

Catherine Elizabeth Stump

Thomas Turpin Thomas

Jeptha Thornton

Emeline Trimble

Henry B. Tucker

John Q. Vaughan

Thomas J. Vaughan

William H. Vaughan

William Edward Warren

William L. Warren

Jonathan Wassom

Vincent Watson

Elam Young

John Q. A. Young

  • Scott, Harvey
  • Alexander McKenzie (1762-1820)
    John Jacob Astor (1763-1848)
    Captain William Clark (1770-1838)
    David Thompson (1770-1857)
    York (c. 1770s-?)
    Patrick Gass (1771-1870)
    Captain Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809)
    Simon Fraser (1776-1862)
    George Drouillard (c. 1776-1810)
    Sacagawea (c. 1780s-c. 1812)
    Chief Comcomly (c. 1780s-c. 1830)
    John McLoughlin (1784-1857)
    Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859)
    Peter Skene Ogden (c. 1790-1854)
    David Douglas (1799-1834)


    Nathaniel Wyeth (1802-1856)
    Thomas Jefferson Dryer (1808-1879)
    John Kirk Townsend (1809-1851)
    Joel Palmer (1810-1881)
    Samuel Thurston (1816-1851)
    Ben Holladay (1819-1887)
    Tsin-is-tum (Jennie Michel) (c. 1820-1905)
    Asahel Bush (1824-1913)
    Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916)
    Henry Weinhard (1830-1904)
    Sylvester Pennoyer (1831-1902)
    Henry Villard (1835-1900)
    John H. Mitchell (1835-1905)
    Abigail Scott Duniway (1836-1915)
    Harvey Scott (1838-1910)
    James J. Hill (1838-1916)
    Chief Joseph the Younger (Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt) (1840-1905)
    Sarah Winnemucca (Thocmetony) (1844-1891)
    Gin Lin (c. 1845-c. 1900)
    Peter French (1849-1897)
    Lee Sing (c. 1850-c. 1900)
    Simon Benson (1851-1942)
    George Chamberlain (1854-1928)
    William Steel (1854-1934)
    William S. U'Ren (1859-1949)
    Walter Pierce (1861-1954)
    George Baker (1868-1941)
    Will H. Daly (1869-1924)
    Dr. Marie Equi (1872-1952)
    Oswald West (1873-1960)
    Julius Meier (1874-1937)
    Charles McNary (1874-1944)
    McCants Stewart (1877-1919)
    Fred L. Gifford (1878-1945)
    Henry J. Kaiser (1882-1967)
    Sara Bard Field (1882-1974)
    Louise Bryant (1885-1936)
    John Reed (1887-1920)
    Dr. DeNorval Unthank (1899-1977)
    Ira Keller (1899-1978)


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