A tree farm near Pedee
The plan said “homesteaded.” The surveyors’ notes said otherwise.
Sullivan Tree Farm: Sections 28 and 33, Township 9 South, Range 6 West, Willamette Meridian, west of Pedee, Polk County, Oregon
Example histories
Three worked examples of the one-page brief: what the record shows, what it can’t say, and what to look up next. One is a tree farm with a family story to check, one is a published study of a whole valley, and one is a school section with a very thin file.
Soap Creek Valley
Memories of the seventeen people the thesis profiles, checked against surveys, maps and photographs.
Soap Creek Valley, Benton County, Oregon (mostly Township 10 South, Range 5 West, Willamette Meridian)
Section 16 near Pedee
A school section with two pioneer claims in the middle, and a thin file.
Section 16, Township 9 South, Range 6 West, Willamette Meridian, Polk County, Oregon
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Now try your own place Your land has a file too. The blackberries can wait.