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*Later immigrants came from China, Japan, the Philippines and Latin America. | *Later immigrants came from China, Japan, the Philippines and Latin America. | ||
*By 1889, the Oregon Short Line connected Union Pacific Railway with Oregon Railway and Navigation Company at Huntington, Oregon brought in more settlers faster in more direct link from the East Coast. | *By 1889, the Oregon Short Line connected Union Pacific Railway with Oregon Railway and Navigation Company at Huntington, Oregon brought in more settlers faster in more direct link from the East Coast. | ||
*A helpful source on overland migration is William Adrian Bowen, ''The Willamette Valley: Migration and Settlement on the Oregon Frontier'' (Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1978; | *A helpful source on overland migration is William Adrian Bowen, ''The Willamette Valley: Migration and Settlement on the Oregon Frontier'' (Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1978; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=81588&disp=The+Willamette+Valley%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FamilySearch.org] book 979.53 X4b; fiche 6101360). | ||
== Records == | == Records == | ||
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=== Minorities === | === Minorities === | ||
*Records of minorities, such as the Basques, Swedes and Chinese, are listed in the | *Records of minorities, such as the Basques, Swedes and Chinese, are listed in the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=generalsubjectsearch&columns=*,0,0 FamilySearch.org] catalog under the group-Oregon (e.g. Swedes - Oregon, Chinese - Oregon, etc.) | ||
=== Native Americans === | === Native Americans === | ||