
Episode 33: All Aboard!
Welcome To Oregon: A Oregon History & Lore Podcast · Oregon Voices Network
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Show Notes
Grab your tickets and take a seat as lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford takes you on a journey through the history of Oregon's railroads! Featuring stories about the first train in history, famed politician and founder of Springfield Byron Pengra, Henry Villard who connected Oregon with the rest of the nation, and infamous stage coach king Benjamin Holladay.
Sources:
https://oregoncoastscenic.org/about/
https://thegoodnewshub.com/history/first-train-journey-ever-on-21st-february-1804/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephenson
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38747010/bynon-johns-pengra
https://editthis.info/Lane_Co_Oregon/Pengra,_Byron_J.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pengra-3
https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.lane/1262
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collis_Potter_Huntington
https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/villard_henry_1835_1900_/
https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/portland_hotel/
https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/ben-holladay-1819-1887/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Holladay#:~:text=Benjamin%20 Holladay%20