A Historic Record of Brooks Catholic Cemetery
A Historic Record of Brooks Catholic Cemetery

Author: Dorene Standish

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13:

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Historic cemeteries reflect the heart and soul of a community through a treasure trove of history buried beneath its sacred ground. By organizing information about ninety-three known burials into a genealogical format, this book establishes the relationship between Brooks Catholic Cemetery, Brooks Church of Assumption and the small farming community of Brooks. Located at the southern edge of the French Prairie around the area of Lake Labish in Marion County, Oregon, It was settled by. French Canadian trappers with Indian wives and subsequent generations of their blended families. These early settlers were buried in cemeteries scattered around the French Prairie area. This book tells the personal and often tragic stories of those buried on a small grassy knoll that overlooked Lake Labish before it was drained. Their stories provide fascinating insight into the way people celebrated life and the hardships they endured. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the fire that destroyed the small Catholic Parish of Brooks on October 9, 1915, this book tells the stories of cemetery burials from 1891 through present day.

Oregon 1859
Oregon 1859

Author: Janice Marschner

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2008-07-15

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 0881928739

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The essential Oregon guide for time travelers of all ages. Oregon became the 33rd state in the Union on February 14, 1859. Portland had wooden sidewalks and tamped dirt streets unlit by gaslight until a year later. To the south, gold glittered in streams; towns with names like Echo, Lookingglass, and Quartzville were springing up all over. It is a time to remember— and revisit—today, 150 years later, with this detailed and lively guide. Janice Marschner provides all you need to travel through each of Oregon's 19 original counties at the moment of statehood: a map showing each county's 1859 place names and current reference points; the history of native peoples and settlers; early roads and bridges; the first homes, schools, stores, hotels, and churches; biographical sketches of notable individuals throughout the state. Historical photographs show the determined faces of natives and settlers; their oxen and wagons on wide, rough roads; their rafts and ferries on the rivers; and their towns under development. An inspiring, close-up portrait at the moment of statehood, Oregon 1859 will light the way back for anyone who wants to see Oregon today as it was then.