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Check here for your famous person:
http://bluebook.state.or.us/notable/nothome.htm
George Abernethy:
http://bluebook.state.or.us/state/elections/elections24.htm
http://www.osl.state.or.us/home/lib/governors/ga.htm
http://gesswhoto.com/1899-abernethy.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Abernethy
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Abernethy
http://www.ohs.org/education/history-minutes-george-abernethy.cfm
John Jacob Astor:
http://www.raken.com/american_wealth/realtors/John_Jacob_Astor1.asp
http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/western_names/astor_john_jacob/astor_john_jacob.html
http://www.eh.net/bookreviews/library/0392.shtml
http://update2.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/mill-1-timeline-astor.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAastorJJ.htm
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-John-Astor.cfm
Sam Barlow:
http://bluebook.state.or.us/notable/notbarlow.htm
http://www.nps.gov/whmi/educate/ortrtg/1or13.htm
http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/barlowrd.htm
http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/barlowrd.htm#barlow
http://www.oregon.com/history/biography/sam_barlow.cfm
Benjamin Bonneville:
http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/western_names/bonneville_benjamin/bonneville_benjamin.html
http://www.nps.gov/jeff/LewisClark2/Circa1804/WestwardExpansion/EarlyExplorers/FurTradeExplorers.htm
(near the end of the page in 1831, scroll down)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WWbonneville.htm
http://www.picturehistory.com/find/p/13150/mcms.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Bonneville
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Bonneville (scroll down)
Chief Joseph:
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-Chief-Joseph.cfm
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/chiefjoseph.htm
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/six/jospeak.htm
http://www.powersource.com/gallery/people/joseph.html
http://www.myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=c_joseph
http://www.indians.org/welker/joseph.htm
http://www2.gsu.edu/~eslmlm/chiefjoseph.html
http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/joseph.html
William Clark:
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-William-Clark.cfm
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/clark.htm
http://www.edgate.com/lewisandclark/BIOs/BIO_W_Clark.html
http://www.sidney.ars.usda.gov/sidebar/justforkids3.html
http://www.lewis-clark.org/content/content-channel.asp?ChannelID=127
http://www.lewis-clark.org/content/content-channel.asp?ChannelID=285
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/wclar.html
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/explorers/lewisandclark
James Cook:
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/7557/page1.html
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/7557/cook.html
http://www.south-pole.com/p0000071.htm
http://www.oregonpioneers.com/explore1.htm
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95oct/jcook.html
http://www.cptcook.com/cookbio.html (see journey links at top)
http://pages.quicksilver.net.nz/jcr/~cookbio.html
http://www.captaincooksociety.com/ccsu10.htm#life
Thomas Condon:
http://bluebook.state.or.us/notable/notcondon.htm
http://www.nps.gov/joda/condon.htm
http://www2.thingstodo.com/states/OR/nationalparks/johnday.htm
http://www.nps.gov/joda/findingfossils.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Condon
http://www.nps.gov/joda/historyculture/thomas-condon.htm
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=958749F4-B51D-994A-67273C08A3CDCD7C
Marie Dorion:
http://www.oregon.com/history/hm/marie_dorian.cfm
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050405/NEWS/504050337
http://www.historynet.com/marie-dorion-and-the-astoria-expedition.htm
http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa/IAM/2007Ioway/marie_dorion.htm
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050405/NEWS/504050337
Abigail Scott Duniway:
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-Abigail-Scott-Duniway.cfm
http://www.aracnet.com/~histgaz/abigail.htm
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=0005BAAA-1723-1E93-891B80B0527200A7
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=000907EF-7208-1E30-925B80B05272006C
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=0003DBFE-5F19-1E30-925B80B05272006C
http://www.autry-museum.org/explore/exhibits/suffrage/abigail3_full.html
http://bluebook.state.or.us/notable/notduniway.htm
John Fremont:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAfremont.htm
http://www.longcamp.com/
http://www.civilwarhome.com/fremontbio.htm
http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/western_names/fremont_john/fremont_john.html
http://www.netstate.com/states/peop/people/ga_jcf.htm
http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/johncharlesfremont.html
Peter French:
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-Peter-French.cfm
http://gesswhoto.com/sheriff-harney4.html
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/3439/97092 (scroll down)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_French
http://www.oregonstateparkstrust.org/OurWork/EasternOR/peterfrench/view
(round barn info)
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/learning_center/dspPrint.cfm?resource_ID=F4217DED-C39A-F06E-5AF2E0C2628F247B
Robert Gray:
http://bluebook.state.or.us/notable/notgray.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexg.shtml (scroll down)
http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/gray.html
http://www.aracnet.com/~histgaz/hgv1n7.htm
http://www.oregonpioneers.com/gray.htm
http://www.famousamericans.net/robertgray/ (scroll down)
Jason Lee:
http://bluebook.state.or.us/notable/notlee.htm
http://www.salemhistory.net/people/jason_lee.htm
http://www.gcah.org/Heritage_Landmarks/Willamette.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Lee_(missionary)
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/nsh/lee_j.cfm
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Jason_Lee_(missionary)
http://www.historicoregoncity.org/HOC/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96:jasonlee&catid=70:oregon-trail-history-libary&Itemid=98
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Jason_Lee_(missionary)
Meriwether Lewis:
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-Meriwether-Lewis.cfm
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CLASS/am483_97/projects/hall/lewis.html
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/i_r/lewis.htm
http://www.sidney.ars.usda.gov/sidebar/justforkids3.html
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/mlewi.html
http://www.meriwetherlewis.org/
(scroll down)
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/explorers/lewisandclark
Tom McCall:
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-Tom-McCall.cfm
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/governors/McCall/mccallbiography.htm
http://bluebook.state.or.us/notable/notmccall.htm
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/governors/McCall/mccallmenu.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_McCall
http://www.ohs.org/education/focus/governor-tom-mccall.cfm
John McLoughlin:
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-John-McLoughlin.cfm
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/50th/McLoughlin/mcloughlinintro.html
http://gesswhoto.com/mcloughlin.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09504b.htm
http://www.mcloughlinhouse.org/
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/50th/McLoughlin/mcloughlinlegacy.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McLoughlin
John Meares:
http://bluebook.state.or.us/cultural/history/history05.htm
http://www.bartleby.com/65/di/Disappoi.html
http://www.famousamericans.net/johnmeares/ (scroll down)
http://www.bartleby.com/65/me/Meares-J.html
http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5621
http://www.gracegalleries.com/Explorers.htm (scroll down)
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0832419.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0832419.html
http://www2.tacomapubliclibrary.org/v2/nwroom/morgan/Mears.htm
Joe Meek:
http://bluebook.state.or.us/notable/notmeek.htm
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/i_r/meek.htm
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/great_american_plains/83553 (scroll
down)
http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/html/jmeek/
http://gesswhoto.com/meeks1.html
Peter Skene Ogden:
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-Peter-Skene-Ogden.cfm
http://www.nps.gov/jeff/LewisClark2/Circa1804/WestwardExpansion/EarlyExplorers/FurTradeExplorers.htm
http://www.onlineutah.com/historypeterskeneogden.shtml
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6414
http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/html/ogden.html
http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/peterskeneodgen.html
Sacagawea or Sacajawea:
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-Sacagawea.cfm
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/sacagawea.htm
http://www.powersource.com/gallery/womansp/shoshoni.html
http://impurplehawk.com/sacagawea.html
http://www.imahero.com/herohistory/sacagawea_herohistory.htm
http://www.wind-river.org/do.php?cat=attractions&keyword=Sacajawea
George Simpson:
http://www.hbc.com/hbcheritage/history/people/builders/simpson.asp
http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/simpson.html
http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/person/simpson1_e.html
http://www.ourheritage.net/Who/Simpsonwho.html
http://www.famousamericans.net/sirgeorgesimpson/ (scroll down)
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0845316.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0845316.html
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst1671.html
Jedediah Smith:
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/HNS/Mtmen/jedesmith.html
http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/feb/papr/jsmith.html
http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/html/jed.html
http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/s/SMITH,JEDEDIAH.html
http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/western_names/smith_jedediah/smith_jedediah.html
http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/bridger3.html (scroll way down)
http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/jedediahssmith.html
Eliza Spalding:
http://www.nps.gov/nepe/spalding1a.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_H._Spalding (scroll down to find Eliza
information)
http://www.fs.fed.us/npnht/tour/spalding.shtml
http://www.nps.gov/whmi/historyculture/beginnings-and-endings.htm
Henry Spalding:
http://www.ourheritage.net/index_page_stuff/Following_Trails/Chief_Joseph/cj_3_Camas_Prairie_Loop/cj_3_Spalding.html
http://www.famousamericans.net/henryharmonspalding/ (scroll down)
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9068982
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_H._Spalding
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0020933
George Vancouver:
http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/vancouver.html
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vancouver
http://pages.quicksilver.net.nz/jcr/~vancouver1.html
http://www.discovervancouver.com/GVB/captain-george-vancouver.asp
http://www.nndb.com/people/635/000050485/
http://www.west-norfolk.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=23074
http://www.nwcouncil.org/history/VancouverGeorge.asp
http://www.oregonpioneers.com/Vancouver.htm
Marcus Whitman:
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/whitman.htm
http://www.nps.gov/whmi/history/marcbio.htm
http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/western_names/whitman_marcus/whitman_marcus.html
http://gesswhoto.com/lovejoy-letter.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Whitman
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0852155.html
Narcissa Whitman:
http://www.nps.gov/whmi/history/narcbio.htm
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/whitman.htm
http://www.nps.gov/whmi/
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/narcissa.html
http://www.nps.gov/whmi/historyculture/beginnings-and-endings.htm
http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=8554
Nathaniel Wyeth:
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-Nathaniel-Wyeth.cfm
http://www.onthisdayinoregon.com/11_07.html
http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/html/nwythint.html
http://www.bartleby.com/65/wy/Wyeth-Na.html
http://www.xmission.com/%7Edrudy/mtman/html/wyeth1.html
http://www.xmission.com/%7Edrudy/mtman/html/wyeth2.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0852856.html
Ewing Young:
http://www.nps.gov/jeff/LewisClark2/Circa1804/WestwardExpansion/EarlyExplorers/FurTradeExplorers.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewing_Young
http://mojavedesert.net/people/ewing-young.html
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ewing_Young_expeditions.png
http://www.oregontic.com/heritage/tree-detail.php?id=12
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