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1860s Sauvie Island
“A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by future descendants”
Lord Macaulay
(a British Historian and Politician 1800-1859)
ABBREVIATIONS
CCCH
Columbia County Courthouse
CCHSQ
Columbia County Historical Society Quarterly
CCM
Columbia County Museum
CL
Central Library, Portland, Oregon
CLCHM
Clark County Historical Museum
DLC
Donation Land Claim
FHC
Family History Center. (St. Helens, Or. only)
GFO
Genealogical Society of Oregon
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NFI No further information
OHS
Oregon Historical Society
OMM
Oregon Maritime Museum
RKT
Roger Knowles Thompson
SCPL
Scappoose Public Library
SPL
Seattle Public Library
VCL
Vancouver Public Library