Washington County Oral Histories

Elza Frances Zimmer oral history transcript on Lenox and Bolsinger Family pioneer history

A transcript of an oral history of Elza Frances Zimmer on Lenox and Bolsinger Family pioneer history in Oregon. Much of the transcript consists of Mrs. Zimmer reading from and commenting on written sources about events in the 1840s. Topics include: her grandmother Margaret Bolssinger's journey on the Oregon Trail; her grandmother's second marriage to David Thomas Lenox; Lenox Family history; David Lenox's founding of the West Union Baptist Church near modern-day Hillsboro in the 1840s, which was the first Baptist Church west of the Rocky Mountains; ferries and paths on the Oregon Trail; events near Hillsboro in the 1840s; David Lenox's history in Kentucky and Missouri before coming to Oregon; and other topics. The transcript is undated but may have been created between the mid-1970s to mid 1990s.

Zimmer, Elza Frances, 1914-1995

Washington County (Or.) -- History

Zimmer, Elza Frances, 1914-1995

Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon

Washington County (Or.)

Hillsboro (Or.)

1 vol.

English

WCM_OH_257

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