The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-10-17
Mrs. HANNAH pEdG-pEAsE,
Mrs I'eaao nayni

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AIra l'oaHo HayHi
waa born at Btaffordnhirc. Brsland,
September 10. is26, and oam0 20 America
with my parents whom I WIN I y@irE
old Wo were eleven w,soks crossing tho
Atlantic 0comn. When We reached New
York my parents moved 90 New Jersey.
whore W. lived for elRih y"ara Thon
wa moved TO Illinois ana settled IN Jerry
rounty, whore I mot ana married David
u. ronHo. March 10 ist6, owing 10 H..
health we decided 10 move 20 Oregon.
iub ana AlnIasd on tho frHt day ~
March We had good trip ana no
diinoulty with tho Indians. duo 60 the
Tact that they had heard that thero was
"a company OF soldiers Just bchind uH on
their way 10 Oregon, We arrived AZ
Mr. Fosters. at th- foul Of tho Cascade
mountains on the th of September.
Mr. Foster took crowd ~ ua out to
his corn and potaioc fcld and We all
helped Euthrr corn nnh patntoos. Then
We wrnt baek 10 our camps ana cookod
onr corn and potatoes and WI thought
Wa had never tasted such god corn and
potatoes After reaching oregon Ciiy
Nc embarked IN an Indian canoe for
Astoria with Mr. ana Mrrl John Mimic
nrd Mr. Judson and young man. Mr
l.oFrand liill on our way down I be.
rAmr Hn frightened that We got on
hoard vo-Acl AT oak Point and came
wen, NJ Lewis and clark river 70
iluut'a mill that Wan bs-ins built by
Hunt and Judron Mr. P~aH- was cfn
pl1yrd by Mr Juisnn, aa wrrr Mr Isaac
aud i-swm INN. who crossed tho
plains With us and continued with ~
through tho winter, Mr Pcaar received
70 i~-r month In the spring ~ 1870 We
muy~d Ca Lexington. near aklpanon. and
f"utrd log houpc :ieiS with un up.
stairs. IN whlrh No kept boaTdcrp This
house wua huit by Rcd River Indian
On tho tank ~ tho Rkpanon rfyor near
tho landing. which waa thon used by
all The Cla,Hop poopio. and within nsty
feet ~ whcn- thrsvhuonrr Pioneer was
built tho y-ar iofore by owens Tibhits
Perry and rraAk and comma nded hy
Captain Rnl,cri Mrt1wsn. who now lives
NJ rTsusop The Pioneer was loaded
rf4nciraily hy the farmers on Ciataop
nnd taken to Han Francroo In 1919 The
yeaHrl and cargo was sold at a great
pornt 10 al concerned. This brought a
Frrai dsal ~ money into C1niaop. ana
reoplr were coming ami guing to and
from tho mines which made money plcn.
,itui and everything brought high prices
No We or~ird our hotel az lhis thorough.
rprr. Butter cor 81 70 per pound ~ por
huHhci FOR ros satocs and % cents per
that would not hs used now days. and
= cents per pound for mnat We rc.
crlvr'i 81 pr meal and SIC per week FOR
hnafei Later wo bought tho block on
witch We lived ncre-fnum Mr.
Writ FOR which We paid him 81 so In
iS5 We t"ok M a donation land claim.
ON which a far os Wurrcnton now
stands, We lived In little log cabin
near Whoro Mr. II. khorrrn'H handsome
residence now Htandr We uvtt there
nv" wars. then moved hcak to skipn.
non. and hough, Jerry 1Nilcn'a dona-
tinn land claim and built the house In
whhh q, II wir, now lives. and kept
hotel and livery Htahlr for twenty-five
years, running teams 10 and from Sea-
side FOR frrigh nnd passengers My
husband was tho first postmaster lie
received ma appointment whtio from
home. lo was In Oregon city diuposing
~ his teams. md was present at the
hanging OF the murirrrrs 81 tho whit
man massacre. ~, hold the once Of
pnvtmaHter for about nftc~n ycar-.
From HIS rrcommcn,in tion tho po4,onice
was cnllci Skipanon and NJ time went
ON, she little town dropped its old name
~ irNlnFtun and adopted that OF the
postoftlcc
In June 1880, tho firut general election
WIS held nt our hotel and Mr.. Pcnse
wnH cl~-,cd Hhcrfr Also tho nrs, court.
RH for ns know, was held In Scptcm-
bcr. 1851 by Judge S,rong, In our house
We sold our Old home and part Of our
holdings to c, A. Mcclure in 1872. and
built uS a comfortable nttlc home where
I now live. with my adopted daughter
ana granddaughter IIorr Mr.. Pcnsc and
celebrated our golden anniversary in
1893. My husband dicl In June. 1895 at
Tho ngo NJ 70, and WIS laid 60 rest In
tho old Pioneer cemetery near the rirs,
Presbyterian church OF Oregon.