Author's Entries

• George Bush (c. 1790-1863)

  George Bush, sometimes named as George Washington Bush in the historical record, was born c. 1790 in Pennsylvania. His father was Black, likely a sailor from the British West Indies, and his mother was Irish. While many pioneers earned reputations as rugged individualists, Bush epitomized compassion and selflessness, traits that …

  Oregon Encyclopedia

• Kinzua (town)

  In 1909, lumberman E.D. Wetmore traveled through Oregon buying up vast tracts of timberland. He purchased about 50,000 acres in Oregon, Washington, and Arizona. The deeds were all classified as land grants and were signed by President Theodore Roosevelt.  Of all his timber holdings, Wetmore’s most prized were those in …

  Oregon Encyclopedia