“ Many were not prepared for the toilsome and hazardous journey, and only one hundred families finally made up the train. A few days out from the Missouri, Lenox was elected Captain to succeed Burnett. Realizing that because of the discovery of gold and the tremendous rush to California of the Argonauts that she would precede Oregon to receiving the honors and advantages of statehood, Peter Burnett went to California in 1849. ”

“ Another grandson of the departed pioneer Millard F. White, a well known architect came up from Portland this week to assist Mr. Ford. A grand daughter, Mrs. Louise Thorne of Newberg, Ore. was also here for a few days as the guest of Mrs. H. N. Greer. Mrs. Thorne is the daughter of John S. White. ”