PIONEER STORIES OF LINN COUNTY, OREGON
Volume 1
"In 1862, there was a terribly high water. All the rivers were flooded and the bridge on the Deschutes was washed out. There was no way of getting supplies except at The Dalles, one hundred and ten miles away. On January 5, 1862, my husband started with a large party for The Dalles to buy provisions. A terrible storm came on, with snow and intense cold. The party became scattered and a number of the men, including my husband, were frozen to death."
"Among those who were out in that storm when my husband was frozen were a man named Moody and one named Gray. They were both from Eugene. There was also a man named Mulkey in the party. He wore a money belt about his waist and refused to take it off. As a result, he was frozen about his waist so it showed on his body as a black streak. He, and many others, died."
My husband's brother, Jack Allphin, lived at The Dalles. When he got the news, he came to the Umatilla to tell us of Marion's death. Jack Allphin and another man went out to look for him, but it was not until the first day of April, after the snow went off, that they found his body. It was in a big canyon near the Columbia. They buried him right there and raised a cairn of stones over the grave. They say it is still visible there."
MRS. ELLA ANN MCCLAIN BURBANK, interview with Leslie L. Haskin, March 20, 1940
Volume 1
"In 1862, there was a terribly high water. All the rivers were flooded and the bridge on the Deschutes was washed out. There was no way of getting supplies except at The Dalles, one hundred and ten miles away. On January 5, 1862, my husband started with a large party for The Dalles to buy provisions. A terrible storm came on, with snow and intense cold. The party became scattered and a number of the men, including my husband, were frozen to death."
"Among those who were out in that storm when my husband was frozen were a man named Moody and one named Gray. They were both from Eugene. There was also a man named Mulkey in the party. He wore a money belt about his waist and refused to take it off. As a result, he was frozen about his waist so it showed on his body as a black streak. He, and many others, died."
My husband's brother, Jack Allphin, lived at The Dalles. When he got the news, he came to the Umatilla to tell us of Marion's death. Jack Allphin and another man went out to look for him, but it was not until the first day of April, after the snow went off, that they found his body. It was in a big canyon near the Columbia. They buried him right there and raised a cairn of stones over the grave. They say it is still visible there."
MRS. ELLA ANN MCCLAIN BURBANK, interview with Leslie L. Haskin, March 20, 1940
PIONEER STORIES OF LINN COUNTY, OREGON
Volume 1
"In 1862, there was a terribly high water. All the rivers were flooded and the bridge on the Deschutes was washed out. There was no way of getting supplies except at The Dalles, one hundred and ten miles away. On January 5, 1862, my husband started with a large party for The Dalles to buy provisions. A terrible storm came on, with snow and intense cold. The party became scattered and a number of the men, including my husband, were frozen to death."
"Among those who were out in that storm when my husband was frozen were a man named Moody and one named Gray. They were both from Eugene. There was also a man named Mulkey in the party. He wore a money belt about his waist and refused to take it off. As a result, he was frozen about his waist so it showed on his body as a black streak. He, and many others, died."
My husband's brother, Jack Allphin, lived at The Dalles. When he got the news, he came to the Umatilla to tell us of Marion's death. Jack Allphin and another man went out to look for him, but it was not until the first day of April, after the snow went off, that they found his body. It was in a big canyon near the Columbia. They buried him right there and raised a cairn of stones over the grave. They say it is still visible there."
MRS. ELLA ANN MCCLAIN BURBANK, interview with Leslie L. Haskin, March 20, 1940
Volume 1
"In 1862, there was a terribly high water. All the rivers were flooded and the bridge on the Deschutes was washed out. There was no way of getting supplies except at The Dalles, one hundred and ten miles away. On January 5, 1862, my husband started with a large party for The Dalles to buy provisions. A terrible storm came on, with snow and intense cold. The party became scattered and a number of the men, including my husband, were frozen to death."
"Among those who were out in that storm when my husband was frozen were a man named Moody and one named Gray. They were both from Eugene. There was also a man named Mulkey in the party. He wore a money belt about his waist and refused to take it off. As a result, he was frozen about his waist so it showed on his body as a black streak. He, and many others, died."
My husband's brother, Jack Allphin, lived at The Dalles. When he got the news, he came to the Umatilla to tell us of Marion's death. Jack Allphin and another man went out to look for him, but it was not until the first day of April, after the snow went off, that they found his body. It was in a big canyon near the Columbia. They buried him right there and raised a cairn of stones over the grave. They say it is still visible there."
MRS. ELLA ANN MCCLAIN BURBANK, interview with Leslie L. Haskin, March 20, 1940
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