https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/ Grave Sites I've visited Chief Yellow Wolf https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=135602333 135602333 The Best there ever was. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=612 https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=135602334 135602334 Brandon Lee. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=611 https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=135602335 135602335 https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=135602336 135602336 https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=135602886 135602886 Chief Joesph. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3502 https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=135602337 135602337 Jimmy Hendrix. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=471 https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=135602338 135602338 Sitting Bull. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=955 https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=135602339 135602339 Sacajawea. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3389 https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=135602340 135602340 Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Son of Sacajawea. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3553 https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=135602345 135602345 Chief Red Cloud. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6878358 https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=135602341 135602341 Charles Russell, Artist. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2443 https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=135602342 135602342 Chief Seattle. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2541 https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=135602343 135602343 Princess Angelina, Daughter of Chief Seattle https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=135602887 135602887 Billy The Kid. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=94 https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=135602344 135602344 Geronimo. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=387 https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=135602346 135602346 Chief Chetzemoka. Port Townsend, Washington. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6032731 https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=159988510 159988510 Henry Weinhard was born in the Kingdom of Württemberg (now part of Baden-Württemberg in Germany) on February 18, 1830. Raised in Lindenbronn, he later moved to nearby Stuttgart where he was an apprentice in the brewing trade.[1] In 1851, he immigrated to the United States, landing in New York City.Weinhard moved to Philadelphia where he worked for a year in the brewing business before moving west to Cincinnati, Ohio.After two years there he moved west again to St. Louis, Missouri, where he stayed until 1856. During this time in America he worked as a brewer for others while preparing his own beer recipes. In 1856, Weinhard moved to California and settled briefly in Sacramento. The next year in March he relocated to Vancouver in what was then the Washington Territory where he began working at a brewery owned by John Meunich and helped construct a new brewery. Weinhard worked there for six months and then founded a brewery with George Bottler across the Columbia River in Portland, Oregon.This partnership did not last long and he sold out to Bottler and returned to working for Meunich. In 1859, Weinhard bought Meunich?s business and named it the Vancouver Brewery. In 1862, Weinhard bought the Henry Saxer Brewery in Portland and then partnered with Bottler again to build a new brewery in what is now Northwest Portland. That year he also moved permanently to Portland. Weinhard sold his Vancouver operations in 1864 and bought out Bottler of his share of the business in 1866. He also bought Portland?s oldest brewery, the Liberty Brewery, and continued expansion of the Portland operations, then called the City Brewery. By 1890 the brewery was the largest in the Pacific Northwest and had grown from producing 2,000 barrels per year to 40,000 barrels that year. In 1859, Weinhard married Louisa Wagenblast, and they had two daughters.] A Mason, he was also a member of several German societies in Portland. This included helping to found the Portland German Aid Society, with other civic activities including providing funds to build a church adjacent to the brewery. Other business interests outside of the brewery included stakes in the Portland Hotel, the West Side Railway, and the New Grand Central Hotel.In 1887, Weinhard offered to pump free beer into in the Skidmore Fountain for its dedication; the city declined the offer due to the fear of rowdy horses. Henry Weinhard died on September 20, 1904, in Portland at the age of 74 and was buried in River View Cemetery.The brewery he built remained in operation in Portland until 1999. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655959 183655959 Henry Weinhard was born in the Kingdom of Württemberg (now part of Baden-Württemberg in Germany) on February 18, 1830. Raised in Lindenbronn, he later moved to nearby Stuttgart where he was an apprentice in the brewing trade.[1] In 1851, he immigrated to the United States, landing in New York City.Weinhard moved to Philadelphia where he worked for a year in the brewing business before moving west to Cincinnati, Ohio.After two years there he moved west again to St. Louis, Missouri, where he stayed until 1856. During this time in America he worked as a brewer for others while preparing his own beer recipes. In 1856, Weinhard moved to California and settled briefly in Sacramento. The next year in March he relocated to Vancouver in what was then the Washington Territory where he began working at a brewery owned by John Meunich and helped construct a new brewery. Weinhard worked there for six months and then founded a brewery with George Bottler across the Columbia River in Portland, Oregon.This partnership did not last long and he sold out to Bottler and returned to working for Meunich. In 1859, Weinhard bought Meunich?s business and named it the Vancouver Brewery. In 1862, Weinhard bought the Henry Saxer Brewery in Portland and then partnered with Bottler again to build a new brewery in what is now Northwest Portland. That year he also moved permanently to Portland. Weinhard sold his Vancouver operations in 1864 and bought out Bottler of his share of the business in 1866. He also bought Portland?s oldest brewery, the Liberty Brewery, and continued expansion of the Portland operations, then called the City Brewery. By 1890 the brewery was the largest in the Pacific Northwest and had grown from producing 2,000 barrels per year to 40,000 barrels that year. In 1859, Weinhard married Louisa Wagenblast, and they had two daughters.] A Mason, he was also a member of several German societies in Portland. This included helping to found the Portland German Aid Society, with other civic activities including providing funds to build a church adjacent to the brewery. Other business interests outside of the brewery included stakes in the Portland Hotel, the West Side Railway, and the New Grand Central Hotel.In 1887, Weinhard offered to pump free beer into in the Skidmore Fountain for its dedication; the city declined the offer due to the fear of rowdy horses. Henry Weinhard died on September 20, 1904, in Portland at the age of 74 and was buried in River View Cemetery.The brewery he built remained in operation in Portland until 1999. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655960 183655960 Birth: Oct. 3, 1809, USA Death: Sep. 1, 1892 Riverview (Multnomah County) Multnomah County Oregon, USA Oregon Pioneer, Folk Figure. Born in New York, Terwilliger came west on the Oregon Trail and filed a property claim in 1846. Within the Portland townsite, he also bought lots from Francis Pettygrove, building a blacksmith shop near First and SW Yamhill Streets. He participated in the California Gold Rush in 1848, returning in 1849 with enough gold dust for him and his family to settle on his wooden claim, which he filed under the Donation Act. In 1860, his property assets amounted to about $10,000. He farmed, ran a small tannery, and regularly visited his other Portland holding. One of Portland's founding fathers and early pioneers. Terwilliger Boulevard (among other places) is named after him. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655961 183655961 Birth: Oct. 3, 1809, USA Death: Sep. 1, 1892 Riverview (Multnomah County) Multnomah County Oregon, USA Oregon Pioneer, Folk Figure. Born in New York, Terwilliger came west on the Oregon Trail and filed a property claim in 1846. Within the Portland townsite, he also bought lots from Francis Pettygrove, building a blacksmith shop near First and SW Yamhill Streets. He participated in the California Gold Rush in 1848, returning in 1849 with enough gold dust for him and his family to settle on his wooden claim, which he filed under the Donation Act. In 1860, his property assets amounted to about $10,000. He farmed, ran a small tannery, and regularly visited his other Portland holding. One of Portland's founding fathers and early pioneers. Terwilliger Boulevard (among other places) is named after him. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655962 183655962 Birth: Jul. 18, 1843 Death: Oct. 19, 1905 Western Lawman. Born in Hartford Kentucky, he was brother to James, Morgan and Wyatt Earp. After serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, he was a freighter-teamster in Prescott, Arizona and was Deputy Marshal at Tucson, 1870 to 1879. In 1880, he was elected City Marshal of Tombstone and recruited brothers Wyatt and Morgan as special deputy policemen. Due to the crimes against townspeople and local farmers, the Earp family came into conflict with two families, the Clantons and the McLaurys, whom were selling stolen livestock known as the Cowboys. The rising tension led to the fight at the O. K. Corral, October 26, 1881, resulting in Cowboy deaths and Virgil being wounded. In a supposed revenge attempt, December 28, 1881, Virgil was shotgun shot and severely wounded which permanently crippled his left arm. On March 18, 1882, his brother Morgan was killed in another ambush by unknown assailants. Still recovering, Virgil and the Earp family left for Colton California. Despite the use of only one arm, he was hired as an agent Southern Pacific Railroad and was elected as Colton's first City Marshal serving 1887 to 1890. For the rest of his life he traveled in various western states and died of pneumonia at Goldfield, Nevada. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655963 183655963 Frances Auretta Fuller Victor (pen names: Florence Fane, Dorothy D.) (May 23, 1826 ? November 14, 1902) was an American historical novelist. Fuller Victor was born in New York and was raised with her sister Metta Victoria Fuller Victor, also a writer, in Ohio and Pennsylvania. She was educated in a ladies seminary in Wooster, Ohio. The sisters both published stories and poems in New York's Home Journal, and in 1848 they moved to New York together.Frances moved to St. Clair, Michigan in 1851 to help care for her mother and younger sisters. She first married in 1853, and she and her husband homesteaded near Omaha, Nebraska Territory. She left her husband, however, returning to live with Metta in New York. She married Henry C. Victor, a naval engineer and brother of Metta's husband, in 1862. The couple moved to San Francisco the year they were married and then to Oregon in 1864, settling in Portland. Following the move to Oregon, Fuller Victor's writing shifted from fiction and feature articles to book-length regional histories. Over the next 13 years, she compiled first-hand accounts of the history of Oregon from territorial leaders like Joseph Meek, Oliver Applegate, and Matthew Deady. Her diligent studies informed both her fiction and her historical writing, contributing to her success as a writer. Her fiction in this period was considered to accurately capture the spirit of western expansion and the notion of Manifest Destiny. She also continued to write about women's rights, and among the publications she wrote for was Abigail Scott Duniway's The New Northwest. After her husband died in about 1878, in need of money, Fuller Victor moved back to San Francisco[citation needed] to accept a 10-year contract offered by historian Hubert Howe Bancroft. The terms of the contract required her to turn over her extensive collections and research. She contributed major portions of Bancroft's monumental work, The History of the West, though Bancroft published her work under his own name. After she left Bancroft's company, Fuller Victor returned to Oregon, where she was commissioned by the Oregon Legislative Assembly to write a history of the Anglo-Indian wars, which was titled The Early Indian Wars of Oregon. To cover her living expenses, she also sold face cream and other articles door-to-door. Fuller Victor was buried at River View Cemetery in Portland. Works by Frances Fuller Victor[ Anizetta, the Guajira; or, The Creole of Cuba (1848) East and West; or, The Beauty of Willard's Mill (1862) The Card Claim: A Tale of the Upper Missouri (1862) Manifest Destiny in the West (1869), featured in the Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine The River of the West: The Adventures of Joe Meek (1870) All Over Oregon and Washington (1872) social columns for San Francisco's Daily Morning Call, written under the penname Dorothy D (mid-1870s) "The Literature of Oregon." The West Shore 1 (1876) The New Penelope: And Other Stories and Poems (1877) Under contract with Hubert Howe Bancroft: History of Oregon (1888) History of California: 1846?1848 (1890) History of Washington, Idaho, and Montana: 1845?1889 (1890) History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540?1888 (1890) History of the Pacific states of North America (1890) Atlantis arisen: or, Talks of a tourist about Oregon and Washington (1891) The Early Indian Wars of Oregon (1894) Autobiographical Sketch (1895) Poems (1900) https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655964 183655964 Kerr History 1907 William MacLaren founded the Portland Commons Mission for Homeless Men and Returning Prisoners, the name was later changed to the Pacific Coast Rescue and Protective Society. In 1908, the Portland Commons bought the Louise house to serve women and children as well, beginning the shift toward providing care for mothers and babies. 1911 Alexander Kerr married Albertina Sechtem in 1910. A strong advocate for helping the city?s many homeless children, she died suddenly of typhus in 1911. After her death, Alexander gave the Society their family home in Northwest Portland to be used as a nursery in her honor. The Albertina Kerr Nursery Home provides adoption services and day-care for children of single mothers. 1915 Due to increasing need, larger quarters for the Louise Home are found on nine acres of farm and forest on what is now NE 162nd. Over the years, a new Louise Home is built and additional buildings are added to support different types of services. The Wynne Watts School (named for a former medical director) opened on this campus in 1938 and operates as a school today. 1921 The original Kerr nursery soon ran out of room and, following a fundraising campaign by Alexander?s third wife, Ruth Kerr, and Margaret Bondurant, a new nursery was built on this site in 1921. The building operated as an adoption home until 1967, when services moved towards foster homes and community-based care. 1940s & 50s In 1940, the Louise Home and the Albertina Kerr Nursery incorporated under the name of Albertina Kerr Homes. With fundraising help from the community in 1956, Kerr built cottages on the campus to offer safe residential treatment to young children. 1960s & 70s Albertina Kerr began an innovative "continuum of care" program for children with mental health challenges, creating residential and outpatient psychiatric treatment services for children, and counseling for their families. Foster care families were recruited and trained to provide care for children with special needs. The Albertina Kerr Nursery building closed for renovation in 1967. Toward the end of this era, Salem?s Fairview Training Center, the state-run institution for people with developmental disabilities, began making plans to move its residents to community-based homes. Albertina Kerr later stepped in and began programs for individuals with developmental disabilities, opening the Kerr Center for Handicapped Children on the Marylhurst campus. 1980s & 90s As the state of Oregon takes steps towards closure of Fairview, Albertina Kerr opened neighborhood group homes for individuals with developmental disabilities. Albertina Kerr began supported living services and significantly expanded employment services and life skills training for people with developmental disabilities. In 1997, with $3.2 million raised from community donations, Albertina Kerr constructed a new building on the campus and began operating a Crisis Psychiatric Care program for children experiencing a mental health crisis as well as a residential Intensive Treatment program. 2000 & Beyond In 2001, Albertina Kerr formed an innovative partnership with Morrison Child and Family Services, to recruit and train foster care providers. Albertina Kerr continues to increase its focus on community-based care with additional neighborhood based group homes for adolescents with developmental disabilities and mental health challenges, community based early intervention care for very young children, and an innovative wraparound service that provides coordinated care for children. Kerr Bikes fun rentals opened in 2009, providing employment experience for teens in Kerr programs and raising funds. In 2012, Albertina Kerr acquired three new community inclusion programs for adults with developmental disabilities: Art from the Heart, the Snack Squad and Cans for Kids. In 2013, Port City Development was acquired. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655968 183655968 Lyle Martin Alzado Birth: Apr. 3, 1949 Death: May 14, 1992 Professional Football Player. He played for the Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Raiders. A true defensive standout for the Broncos, he was the first Yankton (South Dakota) College player ever drafted by the NFL and was a two-time All-Conference pick. From those humble beginnings, his combination of quickness and strength provided him with the pass-rushing skills to start with the Broncos in 1971. His 4.75 40-yard dash time, coupled with his tremendous strength (he once had 27 wins as an amateur boxer) ranked him as one of pro football's top pass rushers. His status as a premier defensive lineman was also enhanced by his versatility - he played both end and tackle in the front four with All-pro status. An American football Superbowl hero with the Los Angeles Raiders in the 1984, he owned a restaurant in West Hollywood and had embarked on a career as a movie actor when he died in 1992 after going public about his steroid use while in pro football. "I started taking anabolic steroids in 1969 and never stopped," he admitted during his pain-racked final days. "It was addicting, mentally addicting. Now I'm sick, and I'm scared. Ninety per cent of the athletes I know are on the stuff. We're not born to be 300lbs or jump 30ft. But all the time I was taking steroids, I knew they were making me play better. I became very violent on the field and off it. I did things only crazy people do. Once a guy sideswiped my car and I beat the hell out of him. Now look at me. My hair's gone, I wobble when I walk and have to hold on to someone for support, and I have trouble remembering things. My last wish? That no one else ever dies this way". Lyle Alzado was 43 when he died of brain cancer brought on by excessive use of steroids. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655969 183655969 Birth: 1860 Death: 1957 Law Officer. On April 1, 1908 she was sworn into Police Service for the City of Portland, becoming the first Policewoman in the United States. She was the subject of the book "A Municipal Mother" by Gloria Myers. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655970 183655970 Henry Failing (January 17, 1834 ? November 8, 1898) was a banker, and one of the leading businessmen of the Pacific Northwest of the United States. He was one of Portland, Oregon's earliest residents, and served as that city's mayor for three two-year terms. He was a Republican. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655971 183655971 Henry Failing (January 17, 1834 ? November 8, 1898) was a banker, and one of the leading businessmen of the Pacific Northwest of the United States. He was one of Portland, Oregon's earliest residents, and served as that city's mayor for three two-year terms. He was a Republican. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655978 183655978 Henry Failing (January 17, 1834 ? November 8, 1898) was a banker, and one of the leading businessmen of the Pacific Northwest of the United States. He was one of Portland, Oregon's earliest residents, and served as that city's mayor for three two-year terms. He was a Republican. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655972 183655972 Henry Winslow Corbett (February 18, 1827 ? March 31, 1903) was an American businessman and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Massachusetts, he spend much of his early life in the state of New York before moving to the Oregon Territory where he continued his business interests in retail, and later transportation and banking. A Republican, he served as a United States Senator from 1867 to 1873. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655973 183655973 Henry Winslow Corbett (February 18, 1827 ? March 31, 1903) was an American businessman and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Massachusetts, he spend much of his early life in the state of New York before moving to the Oregon Territory where he continued his business interests in retail, and later transportation and banking. A Republican, he served as a United States Senator from 1867 to 1873. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655974 183655974 Henry Winslow Corbett (February 18, 1827 ? March 31, 1903) was an American businessman and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Massachusetts, he spend much of his early life in the state of New York before moving to the Oregon Territory where he continued his business interests in retail, and later transportation and banking. A Republican, he served as a United States Senator from 1867 to 1873. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655975 183655975 Birth: Feb. 18, 1827 Death: Mar. 31, 1903 US Senator. Elected as a Senator from Oregon to the United States Senate, serving from 1867 to 1873. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655976 183655976 Birth: Feb. 18, 1827 Death: Mar. 31, 1903 US Senator. Elected as a Senator from Oregon to the United States Senate, serving from 1867 to 1873. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655977 183655977 Simon Benson (October 2, 1852 ? August 5, 1942) was a noted Norwegian-born American businessman and philanthropist who made his mark in the city of Portland, Oregon. Built The Benson Hotel, downtown Portland, Oregon. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655980 183655980 Birth: Oct. 6, 1807 Death: Mar. 2, 1877 Oregon Provisional Governor. A lay minister of the Methodist faith, in 1845 the Oregon pioneers determined their form of government, and elected him as Oregon's first (and last) provisional Governor, which he served as from 1845 to 1849. During his time in office he promoted road building and repair, which provided easier access to the rivers - the main avenue of commerce. The beginnings of Oregon's tax laws came into effect during his tenure. In 1848 a bill signed by President James K. Polk made Oregon a territory of the United States, and President Polk appointed Joseph Laneto become the Oregon's first Territorial Governor. Originally interred in Vancouver, Washington, his body was moved to Portland, Oregon in 1883. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655981 183655981 George Carleton Sears https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655982 183655982 Mr. Flanders was 45 years of age. His parents, George Hall and Maria Louise Flanders, were of New England Puritan stock. Mr. Flanders was born in Portland. The schools of Portland furnished Mr. Flanders with his early education. His preliminary work was done at Bishop Scott Academy and he entered Yale in 1881, taking the degree of A. B. in 1885. In 1891 Mr. Flanders was appointed a member of the Port of Portland Commission. He is an ex-trustee of the Portland Chamber of Commerce and was a Lewis and Clark fair commissioner. Mr. Flanders was a staunch Democrat, has been a delegate to state and county conventions and was chairman of the county committee in 1896. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655983 183655983 Henry Lewis Pittock (March 1, 1835 - January 28, 1919) was an Oregon (U.S.) pioneer, newspaper editor, publisher, and wood and paper magnate. He was active in Republican politics and Portland, Oregon civic affairs, a Freemason and an avid outdoorsman and adventurer. He is frequently referred to as the founder of The Oregonian, although it was an existing weekly before he reestablished it as the state's preeminent daily newspaper. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655984 183655984 Henry Lewis Pittock (March 1, 1835 - January 28, 1919) was an Oregon (U.S.) pioneer, newspaper editor, publisher, and wood and paper magnate. He was active in Republican politics and Portland, Oregon civic affairs, a Freemason and an avid outdoorsman and adventurer. He is frequently referred to as the founder of The Oregonian, although it was an existing weekly before he reestablished it as the state's preeminent daily newspaper. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655985 183655985 Birth: Nov. 12, 1891 Death: Apr. 4, 1971 Major League Baseball Player. Born in Liberty, Kentucky, he was a right handed pitcher whom played for fifteen seasons with the Boston Red Sox 1915 to 1919, New York Yankees 1920 to 1923, Cincinnati Reds 1924 to 1928 and New York Giants in 1929. On August 16, 1920, in a game at New York, he threw a pitch that accidentally struck Cleveland Indians' shortstop Ray Chapman in the head causing the only fatality in Major League Baseball history. He finished his career with a 207-126 record, 29 shutouts, 862 strikeouts and a 2.92 earned run average. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655986 183655986 John Heard Couch (/ˈkuːtʃ/ kooch; February 28, 1811 ? 1870) was an American sea captain and pioneer in the Oregon Country in the 19th century. Often referred to as Captain Couch, he became famous for his singular skill at navigation of the mouth of the Columbia River. He is one of the early residents and founders of Portland, Oregon. After making three voyages from New England to the Pacific Coast between 1840 and 1845, Captain John H. Couch became convinced that Portland?s deepwater location made its harbor superior to that of other potential ports in the area. It was Couch who persuaded Asa Lovejoy and Francis Pettygrove that their Portland townsite should be platted, and Couch filed an adjacent claim just to the north of theirs. Mercantile speculation marked Portland?s founding. Couch returned to his native New England in 1847. He had been absent from his wife, Caroline E. Flanders Couch, and his family for three years, but when news reached him of the discovery of gold in California, probably in late 1848, he and his wife?s brother, Captain George H. Flanders, responded quickly. Couch and Flanders arranged to set sail for San Francisco in January 1849. They filled their ships? holds with lumber and other commodities to sell in California. After Couch sold his cargo in San Francisco at a substantial profit, he sailed to Portland, convinced of its superiority as a port city and of its value as a base for supplying the gold rush trade. He built a covered wharf and a warehouse on his own 640-acre claim. He then platted the claim at an angle to match a bend in the river and included five narrow blocks that were meant to complement the nearby park blocks surveyed by early pioneer, Daniel Lownsdale in 1848. Couch?s family apparently joined him sometime in 1849 because in 1852, his daughter, Clementine, wrote to a friend on the East Coast that in Portland both houses and ladies were now ?numberless? when only three years before there had been but two proper houses and no ladies. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655987 183655987 John Heard Couch (/ˈkuːtʃ/ kooch; February 28, 1811 ? 1870) was an American sea captain and pioneer in the Oregon Country in the 19th century. Often referred to as Captain Couch, he became famous for his singular skill at navigation of the mouth of the Columbia River. He is one of the early residents and founders of Portland, Oregon. After making three voyages from New England to the Pacific Coast between 1840 and 1845, Captain John H. Couch became convinced that Portland?s deepwater location made its harbor superior to that of other potential ports in the area. It was Couch who persuaded Asa Lovejoy and Francis Pettygrove that their Portland townsite should be platted, and Couch filed an adjacent claim just to the north of theirs. Mercantile speculation marked Portland?s founding. Couch returned to his native New England in 1847. He had been absent from his wife, Caroline E. Flanders Couch, and his family for three years, but when news reached him of the discovery of gold in California, probably in late 1848, he and his wife?s brother, Captain George H. Flanders, responded quickly. Couch and Flanders arranged to set sail for San Francisco in January 1849. They filled their ships? holds with lumber and other commodities to sell in California. After Couch sold his cargo in San Francisco at a substantial profit, he sailed to Portland, convinced of its superiority as a port city and of its value as a base for supplying the gold rush trade. He built a covered wharf and a warehouse on his own 640-acre claim. He then platted the claim at an angle to match a bend in the river and included five narrow blocks that were meant to complement the nearby park blocks surveyed by early pioneer, Daniel Lownsdale in 1848. Couch?s family apparently joined him sometime in 1849 because in 1852, his daughter, Clementine, wrote to a friend on the East Coast that in Portland both houses and ladies were now ?numberless? when only three years before there had been but two proper houses and no ladies. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=183655988 183655988 Oysterville Cemetery in Washington. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9442172/nahcati https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206061 205206061 Sacajawea Fort Washakie, Wyoming. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206181 205206181 Chief Washakie . Fort Washakie, Wyoming. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37882703/washakie-of_the-shoshones https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206062 205206062 Chief Two Moons . Busby, Montana. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7809725/two_moon https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206063 205206063 Lone Wolf . Lame Deer, Montana. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66117206/lone_wolf https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206064 205206064 Dull Knife . Lame Deer, Montana. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Star_(chief) https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206065 205206065 Chief Sitting Bull . Fort Yankton, North Dakota. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/955 https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206066 205206066 Chief Charging Bear . Fort Yankton, North Dakota. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206067 205206067 Chief Buffalo Horn Fort Hall Indian Reservation Fort Hall, Idaho https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8282753/buffalo-horn https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206068 205206068 Frank Parish Boot Hill ( Hanged ) Virginia City, Montana. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206069 205206069 Jack Gallager Boot Hill ( Hanged) Virginia City, Montana https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206070 205206070 Boone Helm Boot Hill ( Hanged ) Virginia City, Montana https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206071 205206071 Hayes Lyons Boot Hill ( Hanged ) Virginia City, Montana https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206072 205206072 George Lane Boot Hill ( Hanged ) Virginia City, Montana https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206073 205206073 J.W. Fouts Boot Hill Virginia City, Montana. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206074 205206074 J.W. Fouts Boot Hill Virginia City, Montana. https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206075 205206075 Chief Plenty Coups Pryor, Montana https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7891451/plenty-coups https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206076 205206076 Strikes The Iron Wife of Chief Plenty Coups Pryor, Montana https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206077 205206077 Strikes The Iron Wife of Chief Plenty Coups Pryor, Montana https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206078 205206078 Luther " Yellowstone " Kelly Billings, Montana https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7802310/luther-sage-kelly https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206079 205206079 Wild Bill Hickok Mount Moriah Cemetery Deadwood, South Dakota https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/479/james-butler-hickok https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206080 205206080 Calamity Jane Mount Moriah Cemetery Deadwood, South Dakota https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166/martha-jane-canary https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206081 205206081 Potato Creek Johnny Mount Moriah Cemetery Deadwood, South Dakota https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3470/john-e.-perrett https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206082 205206082 Lester Moore Jamestown Historical Site, North Dakota https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206083 205206083 Little Big Horn Monument Little Big Horn Battle Field, Montana. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Bighorn_Battlefield_National_Monument https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206084 205206084 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206085 205206085 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206086 205206086 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206087 205206087 http://dutchsavage.weebly.com/biography.html https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206088 205206088 Chief Sitting Bull. Fort Yates, North Dakota. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting_Bull Sister, Janelle & I https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206089 205206089 Chief Gall. Wakpala, South Dakota. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall_(Native_American_leader) https://supertrampcanada.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=205206090 205206090