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"Short History of the Little Nestucca River Valley and Its Early Pioneers" written about South Tillamook County, Oregon
The page below was written by Mrs. Hardy Rock (Alexandria LEY Rock) and published in 1949. NVMS students have retyped her history so that many may read it. Although some punctuation errors have been corrected the text remains as written by Mrs. Rock.
Note that Alexandria LEY Rock's "Short History of the Little Nestucca River Valley and Its Early Pioneers" has been republished in book form as of January 2007 and is now being offered for sale by the Tillamook County Historical Society!
(This page was typed by NVMS 7th grader, Kyle, during the spring of 2002 and edited by Dean Bones.)
A baby of Charles Sutton and his wife, Shara Bozley Sutton, was buried before the year 1887 on the hill at Bay near the former residence of Chris and Anna Christensen. When the road was built to the Christensen house and beyond down the hill to where George Evans had a sawmill, the grave was destroyed and covered by the road workers, because it was in the survey line of the road.
Two children of Joe Thomas, who was Supt of the Salmon cannery, were buried on the hill above the cannery near the Thomas residence. Later they were disinterred and taken to Astoria.
in 1897, Frederic Altenburger, infant son of Joseph and Therese Altenburger, was buried on their homestead up Slab Creek. This grave was destroyed by road workers who dumped tons of gravel upon it.
Continue to page 16 of "Short History of the Little Nestucca River Valley and Its Early Pioneers!"
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