The Republican journal., 1905-06-08
new ENGLAND INFLUENCE
In the Pacific Northwest. The p;o,asrs =,
Oregon.

Mrs. Helen N. Packard, correspondent
OF the New England Society of OREGON
writes: ITO the hardy men of New
England and the restless spirit of adj.
venture which is their birthright, must
be attributed in large degree the sue.
cessful colonizing of the Northwest
and particularly of Oregon and Port
land. Years before the long war for
American independence was brought to
| successful issue, the hardy sailors of
New England had dreamed dreams and
seen visions of fair country on the
| sunset slope, whose waters teemed with
| f1sh, whose hills were rich with aurifer-
GUS soil and whose densely wooded
slopes were the haunts of the smaller
| fur bearing animals.
"While giving due credit to the men
of other localities who have helped to
upbuild Oregon and Portland, it is still
| true that it is mainly New England
blood, bone and sineW which have made
| the city of Portland what it is today.
| While the early pioneers have passed
on to their rest, their works do follow
| Them and many of the foremost men.
| active in business and professional life
are natives of New England, and hun
dredS OF others born and reared in the
prairie States of the Middle West are
| of New England descent, and are proud
| of their ancestry.
cit is "a matter of history that the
first house built in Oregon, was erected
| at the mouth of the Columbia River by
| Captain John Wlnslow, who was a New
England man.
''When the century which had elapsed
since Lewis and Clark made this vast
Oregon country part and parcel of our
great nation was drawing to the close.
and the purpose of a great exposition
to commemorate that event was for
mulated by the progressive business
, men of Portland, the choice of presi-
dent for the corporation very naturally
fell on the most representative and in
tluential man in the city, and Hon. II.
w. Corbett, president of the First
National Bank, and a former United
States Senator from Oregon, was unani-
| mously elected president and served
until his death in March, 1901
MI. Corbett was a native of West
boro, Mass, and was born in 1927. He
came to Portland in 1851 and has al
| ways been closely identified with the
| business and social life of the city, Civ
ing largely of his ample means to all
charitable objects. Mr.. Corbett left
widow who was Miss Emma Ruggles
of Worcester, Mass.
"The names of Ladd and Corbett are
! inseparably associated with the early
history of Portland. William S. Ladd
was born in Holland, Vermont, in 1926,
and came to Portland in 1851, and en-
gagged in mercantile business. In later
| years he was one of the large banking
| firm of Ladd and Tilton. Like MI Cor
bett, Mr.. Ladd was a philanthropist
and gave freely of his abundant means
for charitable and religious purposes.
! Hampshire. Mr.. Ladd's stately resi-
dence in this city is the counterpart of
one which he saw and admired in Ban
gor, Maine. In this beautiful home he
lived for twenty-five years previous to
to his death in 1898.
| "While Portland was the home of
Captain John H. Couch of Boston,
Captain George H. Flanders of New
| buryport and George W. Smell of Au-
gusta, Maine, and many others whom
L shall mention in later article, Salem,
| the capital city, claims a number of dis
tinguished citizens of New England
birth
''Hon. Asahel Bush was born in West
| field, Mass, in 1924 and received his
education in the old Westtield Acad-
envy. Mr.. Bush is now successful
banker and one of the strongest and
most influential men in the State.
Three of Mr. Bushs four children are
graduates of New England colleges,
the son from Amherst, and the two
| daughters from Smith and Wellesley,
respectively,
Ex-Governor Zenas Moody is also a
resident of Salem. hale and hearty at
10. He is the father of Ex Representa-
| tive Malcolm A. Moody, one of the
most talented men who ever sat i'll the
House of representatives at Washing
| ton. Gov Moody is a native of CRANKY.
Mass. Judge Il. z. Boise of Salem is
also a native of Westiield. He is one
of the foremost lawyers OF the State
and is highly respected. His family is
an old and representative one ID Mas
sachusetts. He is a relative OF Hon
Enos Boise, Familiarity known as the
Sage of Blandford Hills"
'Mr. Theodore b. Wilcox, president
of the Trans Mississippi Commercial
Congress- which will be held in this
city August 16 to 10 and i'll the great
West stands second i'll Importance to a
meeting of the National Congress, is
easily the industrial leader of the great
Pacific Northwest being at the head OF
the Portland FIGURING Mills, some nj
teen in number and located at all the
important points throughout Washing
ton and Oregon. Mr. Wilcox is native
of Westtield, Mass, ard resides in Port
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