Heppner Gazette-Times, May 7, 1914
MORROW COUNTY PIONEERS HAVE EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION
The Morrow County Pioneer's Association Was Formed Last September - Pioneer's
Day Will be Held During Fair Week This Year.
During the First annual fair held in Heppner last
September, the Morrow County Pioneer Association was formed. This pioneer
or home-coming feature was stressed a great deal at the time and on Pioneer's
Day Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pendleton delivered a masterly address in which
he praised the builders of this Western Empire. He aroused a lot of
enthusiasm and as a result a strong association was formed.
Since this time, however, there seems to have been
little done, and it is now time that our people were becoming interested
and getting ready for the fall celebration. The date of the Morrow County
Fair will be the 17th, 18th and 19th of September. This is not far away
and in order to make a success of Pioneer's Day, steps should be taken at once
to prepare for it. A splendid celebration can be had and it is due our
pioneers and old people to give them just the very best time possible and
establish this as one of the best features of our splendid fair.
We give here a full list of the pioneers of the county,
taken from the roster in the hands of Secretary J.L. Yeager. This shows
the year when they located in the territory now included in Morrow County:
| 1879 | I. R. Esteb, Eight Mile |
| 1869 | Mrs. Joseph Mason, Ione |
| 1881 | Nettie L. Mason, Ione |
| 1883 | Mrs. F. P. Vaughn, Heppner |
| 1882 | Mrs. F. L. Hunt, Heppner |
| 1871 | W. O. Minor, Heppner |
| 1890 | Mabel Mason, Ione |
| 1883 | A. E. Anderson, Eight Mile |
| 1887 | Joseph Mason, Ione |
| 1882 | Millie Rood, Heppner |
| 1882 | Mrs. A.H. Smith, Ione |
| 1886 | Ben Anderson, Eight Mile |
| 1888 | Ture Peterson, Eight Mile |
| 1880 | Mrs. M. E. Barton, Heppner |
| 1882 | Mrs. Effie Charmichael, Lexington |
| 1882 | Mrs. N. A. Gentry, Heppner |
| 1880 | W. W. Smead, Heppner |
| 1880 | Mrs. W. W. Smead, Heppner |
| 1872 | W. A. Richardson, Heppner |
| 1883 | Frank Anderson, Heppner |
| 1884 | Wm. Kummerland, Heppner |
| 1884 | Mrs. Theodore Anderson, Eight Mile |
| 1874 | Andrew Rood, Heppner |
| 1876 | Mrs. E. Willingham, Heppner |
| 1864 | Mrs. H. E. Hinton, Ione |
| 1868 | J. J. Adkins, Heppner |
| 1870 | Mrs. Melim Clark, Heppner |
| 1875 | Mrs. J. J. Adkins, Heppner |
| 1863 | Mrs. C. Ayers, Heppner |
| 1864 | O. J. Cox, Heppner |
| 1883 | E. J. Cox, Heppner |
| 1872 | Geo. Noble, Heppner |
| 1865 | Lucinda Elder, Heppner |
| 1878 | Daniel Rice, Heppner |
| 1864 | H. E. Clark, Heppner |
| 1882 | Herman Nielson, Hardman |
| 1886 | John Iler, Heppner |
| 1878 | J. C. Brown, Heppner |
| 1884 | Hiram Tash, Heppner |
| 1876 | Elisha C. Watkins, Heppner |
| 1880 | Ruth E. French, Heppner |
| 1880 | Hannah F. Briggs, Heppner |
| 1883 | Mrs. W. G. McCarty, Heppner |
| 1883 | W. G. McCarty, Heppner |
| 1883 | John Byland, Heppner |
| 1882 | Amos Missildine, Heppner |
| 1889 | Theo. Anderson, Eight Mile |
| 1885 | H. D. Mikesell, Heppner |
| 1885 | Clara A. Mikesell, Heppner |
| 1872 | S. A. Wright, Heppner |
| 1879 | Mrs. S. A. Wright, Heppner |
| 1879 | J. C. Ball, Heppner |
| 1879 | M. P. Ball, Heppner |
| 1877 | T. S. Leatherman, Heppner |
| 1884 | E. J. Merrill, Hardman |
| 1882 | Mrs. Adella Duran, Lexington |
| 1882 | Harry Cummings, Heppner |
| 1882 | Fred Ashbaugh, Hardman |
| 1886 | Mrs. C.E. Jones, Eight Mile |
| 1889 | E. S. Duran, Lexington |
| 1882 | C. E. Jones, Eight Mile |
| 1882 | Mrs. Fred Ashbaugh, Hardman |
| 1883 | William Bram Ewing, Cecil |
| 1889 | J. H. Ewing, Cecil |
| 1882 | Harvey S. Ewing, Cecil |
| 1885 | Mrs. Carrie Ewing, Cecil |
| 1885 | Sarah Kintzley Ewing, Cecil |
| 1883 | Mrs. B. F. Swaggart, Lexington |
| 1886 | E. A. Gammell, Heppner |
| 1886 | J. H. Gammell, Heppner |
| 1886 | A. W. Gammell, Lexington |
| 1877 | E. Cave, Heppner |
| 1881 | Enoch Cave, Heppner |
| 1877 | Bert Mason, Ione |
| 1880 | Annie Williams, Heppner |
| 1880 | A. J. Cook, Heppner |
| 1872 | Mrs. E. J. Ayers, Heppner |
| 1878 | J. H. Pearson, Heppner |
| 1882 | Mrs. J. H. Pearson, Heppner |
| 1886 | Mrs. Etta Rasmus, Heppner |
| 1870 | B. F. Swaggart, Lexington |
| 1868 | A. C. Petteys, Ione |
| 1873 | Katie Petteys, Ione |
| 1879 | Olive Campbell, Heppner |
| 1880 | Charlotte Scherzinger, Heppner |
| 1877 | H. Scherzinger, Heppner |
| 1882 | W. E. Hiat, Heppner |
| 1879 | A. E. Hiat, Heppner |
| 1884 | Mary J. French, Heppner |
| 1877 | Mrs. Emily Sherman Kelly, Heppner |
| 1870 | W. L. Mallory, Portland |
| 1883 | Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Deos, Willows |
| 1877 | J. H. Wyland, Hardman |
| 1883 | R. L. Benge, Lexington |
| 1884 | Ella Benge, Lexington |
| 1878 | Olive Pettys Engleman, Ione |
| 1878 | Florence E. Gay, Heppner |
| 1878 | Henry C. Gay, Heppner |
| 1877 | Geo M. Allyn, Lexington |
| 1888 | J. H. Troedson, Morgan |
| 1871 | F. E. Mason, Lexington |
| 1879 | C. S. Jayne, Heppner |
| 1872 | A. E. Wright, Hardman |
| 1884 | Ike Howard, Ione |
| 1870 | J. C. Kirk, Heppner |
| 1869 | W. P. Scrivner, Heppner |
| 1884 | W. O. Hill, Heppner |
| 1868 | W. C. Cason, Ione |
| 1883 | Paul Troedson, Morgan |
| 1889 | Johannes Troedson, Ella |
| 1889 | Mrs. Johannes Troedson, Ella |
| 1870 | W. E. Walbridge, Heppner |
| 1883 | J. L. Yeager, Heppner |
| 1883 | Mrs. J. L. Yeager, Heppner |
| 1870 | Frank Gilliam, Heppner |
| 1872 | Effie J. Gilliam, Heppner |
| 1881 | W. C. Lacy, Portland |
| 1886 | Mrs. John Iler, Heppner |