Memento Mori: Oak Mound Cemetery - Healdsburg, California

Early Oregon pioneers Benjamin R. and Maria (Evans) Biddle, a pair of my paternal three-times great grandparents, are buried in this shaded plot. One of their sons (Edwin Webber Biddle 1849-1928), his wife Delora and their son Chester Edwin Biddle are also buried there.

[Courtesy of Nick Juran]

This photograph was taken by a friend who lives in Northern California and kindly volunteered to visit their graves and take some photos.

My direct ancestor, their daughter Matilda Biddle Porter (1846-1928) is buried in Corvallis, Oregon.


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Old News, But New To Me: Play the Oregon Trail Game Online

The other night Tessa Keogh presented "Researching Your Oregon Ancestors" at Legacy Family Tree Webinars, and at the end she mentioned that the 1990*** video game "The Oregon Trail" is available to play at Internet Archive. 

My 4th great grandfather B. R. Biddle successfully brought his family over the trail to Corvallis in 1852.

***The original game was first developed in 1971!

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