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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1906)
9 ! S Pioneer's Day rolls round it is interesting to recall where the makers of our state "have laid ; From Jacksonville to Astoria, in ceme teries and In home acres, tall shafts and piain wiids mark tneir resting places, in 7Jsome instances only a little board with .a scarcely decipherable inscription marks . some faithful pioneer. h it tne one wnnm ne snnuiri tirst ann "foremost recall at our friend of all time ".is John McLoughlin. ' At Oregon City in the Enclosure of. the Catholic Church lies the body of John - MpT.nnchlin: nn nis tnmhHtnnA. a -rtluin '. slab is engraved: DR. JOHN' McLOVGHLIN. Died Sept. 3, 1857. y Aped 73 years. The pioneer and friend of Oregon. Also the founder of this;city. " 1 lie "Father of Oregon;" as he most t fittingly - has been called, was born in h" Quebec. Canada, in 17S1. Came to Fort entire Oregon and New Caledonia. For 'X years he. was virtually ruler of this 'vast domain. Always . friend to the immigrants. A truly just and honorable . man. Marcus "Whitman. . .-. tmiimiiju, u-w t-vaiiH. v ajia. is a . lajl, graceful shaft of granite, . located upon the summit of a small but steep hill and visible from different points many .imiles away; this shaft marks, the last resting place ol the martyred Marcus Whitman. .. .. i. Marcus Whitman was the first Presby terian missionary to settle west of the . T?flrtr MnnntDlna Tn ha u4ni.it.i . . . ... .. . . ..... - I'' ' VI csinuiiHi nn ' ' 1- " KL, HU for 71 years worked for the salvation of Indian souls, and ever "held out a help ing hand to the Immigrants passina- his- station. . . . In 1S47 Marcus Whitman, his wife-and m others of the mission family- were ) treacherously massacred by ' the' Indians. ' James W. Nesmith. ""On the right bank of the Ttickreall, in Polk County, on his farm, In a grove - chosen by himself for his scmilture lie , the remains of James . Nesmith. The Foughins of Riant firs, the rnurumrs of the ftream ".loin in an eterniii reijuiem. A shall lti ccl lull of statute from Quincy. iMass.. with a base four feet f A V ' . f I '-'''f TVl . stone-bears their engraved images on square of Southern Oregon granite, marks . ' s l 'w r I f-t- - V 1 ' one side. On the reverse is the follow- the Krave,. The east face bears the fol- I 2 1 7J5?;Crt?ft j"Mrffrt II " ig:, lowing:' If -. I 4 'Z&vt'i<uniZtroff.'ii City- , I , AM v .......... ...... ........... , ' ' ' i- ' f, ' " ' ' r tV. I " "'J"" ' , I .'--' ' J ELIZABETH . - JAMES B.' : JAMES WILLIS NESMITWT Born July 23. ' 1820. . ' ; - Pled June-. IT. tSS.V ... An uprlht Judge." ; -t .' A bra,ve:So1dior.. -" .V wise' legislator;" - ' . 'An honest 'man.1 "' The west- face -bears this inscription; ;-;v-.r;:yv'i.i.:--;v;-;-vV- ' '- V- Ptrureer d.f "1845"'. .-. . Judg$ under Frovisioriaf fdVcrn-' : .;;- men?,. ih -United States Marshal, 1850-1855. Colonel' of Volunteers. 1855. Superintendent' of Indian Affairs," 1857-18.19. Uiritcd 'states Senator .1Sl-tS67.. 1 Representative" m "Congress, . '., ,;- 1S7S-1S75. t.v .''.: Joseph Lane. The remains of Governor Joseph Lane He in the Masonic Cemetery at Rose burg. It is fitting that his body should rest in the heart of a region for which he so strenuously sought to conquer from ' the treacherous tribes of Indians that infested Ue beautiful Rogue River and Vmpqua Valleys and on land ad joinipg his old donation land claira. The tomb,, built by Governor Lane before his death, a semi-oval strecture ef concrete and brick, just large enough for the remains of himself and wife, is over hung by the branches of a large Oak and in view of. the South Umpqua River. ..The inscriptions are: J., , In Memory of GEN. J08EPH LANE. ,;Brn Dec 14. ISni. Died April 19, 1581. General Lane was appointed 'Governor of the Oregon territory by President I'oik in ISIS. THE v SUNDAY OREGOXIAXi-PORTLAND, JUNE -10, 1906. n n i..v.n i icu i wmf nn n I ' f f I II III II II Ht' 3 I t , t I II II II . it w I I i.l a t I B ' -- " ;' .i t.i....i v '"r.. In Memory of POLLY Wife of Gen. Joseph Lane. Born March VS. 1S02. Died August f 6." 1870. Kwing Yonni;. ' The' tombstone' .' of" 'Ewing . Young springs from his- heart. In old Oregon days a pair of lovers visiting his grave the inspiration came to plant an acorn over his heart. From this has sprung a beautiful symetrlcal oak. At one time it was in the . midst of a grove; now it stands "alone in a field four miles from Newberg. . Ewing Toung was . the first American settler on' the west side of the .Wil lamette River, the first American. eet- tier who died leaving an estate. He also, brought the first cattle to Oregon:'' ' His death 'ocourred in the Winter of 1840-1. '- ' Cornelius Gilliam.' ' '. At Dallas, Polk- County, Oregon, lie th remains of. the brave and gallant Colonel Cornelius Gilliam, who- led the volunteer armv in the Oavtise War nf ifi. ' Returning to the Willamette. Val- J Icy for supplies for Ills army he was au- g . - ' 4 - MA- I 0 ':r ?' : " n nfc nhift'Tuf-'r -" . I c-Wentally killed by the discharge of his gun. "Thus died au honest and patriotic man. The name is misspelled on the tomb tone, but as the family lived a long way from the cemetery it was many months before they iraw it, and as in those days it was almost impossible to get work of that kind done at all. it was left Just as it was. Stephens, Father and Son. . Lone Fir Cemetery, originally named Mount 'Crawford Cemetery by Colburn "Barrell and Crawford Dobbins, Its founders, contains . the remains . of many of the pioneers of Portland. It has. been and still is a beautiful spot, with its pathway bordered by stately trees, many of which ; were planted by ' Governor Pennoyer. Many long-forgotten lots and graves are a picturesque tangle of vines and flowers. ' The first Interment was in 1846. A tall, white shaft sets forth: ' EMMOR STEPHENS Father of J. B. Stephens. Born in Maryland in : Tear 1777. . Died In the Tear 1846. Close beside is the quaint tomb of I his svn and his wife, whose double STEPHENS t Born.- 'Stephens Born Near Flemingsburc, Ky.. Dec. 6, 1803. Died April 26.' 1887. - Mar. 22, IS 89. Here we lie by consent, aften 57 years. 2 months and 2 days' so journing through life, awaitlni Nturt's Immutable laws to. re turn us back to the elements of' the- universe, of which we were' first composed. ... An ivy-covered granite shaft with a lone fir carved on its eastern face marks one of the founders of the cem etery, who was killed by the explosion of the steamer Gazelle. CRAWFORD Ms DOBBINS, Who Ws Born Jan. 23, 1S34, At Eden. Randolph Co., Ills. Died April 29. 1854, In the same lot lies his friend and joint founder of the cemetery, Colburn Barrell, a simple board marks his name. Many of the weather-beaten readstones bear quaint and interesting inscriptions. One especially: In Memory of . M. MITCHELL. Who Died January 15. 1862. ' Aged 32 Tears. Here lies one who has taken steps . That won the applause of man. But g-rim death came and took a step Which' be could not withstand. Erected by a Few of His' Many Friends. Mr. Mitchell was a favorite dancer One night, dancing too gaily with too u - 'II convivial.- a company the next morning he was found dead In his room. When the old cemeteries, one between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, bounded on the south by Washington, and one down on B street, were abandoned, the graves were transferred to Lone Fir. The two tiers' of myrtle-covered graves run ning from 'north to south. In the west end, lire those of people whose families had gone away. MOVING. R. S. Pickering In Harper's. What makes the door-bell ring so hard?" the husband asked his bride. 'The van has come to take our things." the tired wife replied. "What make's you look so worried, dear?" the husband asked his bride. I'm thinking of the tilings they'll break," the tired wife replied. For 'they've-taken an apartment, and they're moving in today. The- chiffonier s been carried down, two beds and the bufle t. The bookcase and piano. them away. And -they're moving to they are carting the city in the morning. "What .makes the mover puff so hard?" the husband asked his bride. "He has the couch upon his back," the tired wife replied. "What makes the little man fall down? the husband asked hl bride. "He tried to carry all the chairs at once," the wife replied. They have taken out the furniture. It's lying all around. A quarter of It in the van. the rest upon the ground. ' Hear, the table legs a-cracklng. It ic not a nl,D,nt SOUnd. Oh, they're moving to the cltv In the morning. "The bed belongs in here in here," re marked the pretty bride "The room Is several feet too short," the moving-man replied. "What makes the table look so queer?" re - marked the pretty brtd'. "It's lost -a leg or two, I guess," the moving man replied. . For they've take'n an apartment, and it's really a disgrace. The splinters from the furniture are ail about the place. Upon the sacred rosewood chair reclines a packing-case. They are moving to the .city , in the morning. - "What's that so black against the sun?" . the huxband asked his bride. "They're hoisting the. piano through the window." she replied. "What makes the cracking overhead?" the husband, asked his bride. "It's scraping 'up against the bricks," the tired wife replied. For .tliev've moved in tlielr apartment, and everything looks queer.; The bride' sits w eeping on a" trunk her hat upon her ear. If tbey are very lucky . they'll be settled in 'a year. After mnving to the city In the mornmg.