Over the next few weeks we will be featuring once a week a blog about some of the interesting and tragic occurances that happened along the trail. Please enjoy and maybe pack up your family and visit some of these sites.
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| Farewell Bend Oregon grave site map |
August 15, 1852 "all this road rough and hilly plenty of grass, water and fuel this part has a more mountainous appearance than any we have yet seen it is beautiful, pefectly wild, most irregular with very high hills, principally peaked up. 3 miles from us this morning a man of the name Wilson was shot by a fellow emigrant (Jessey Varner) they had a quarrel, and it ended in drawing pistols when Wilson received 4 balls out of 5 fired at him and died immediately leaving a wife (who was present) and 9 children to lament his frightful death. Wilsons pistol would not go off they talk of trying the culprit tonight Saw 6 graves 19 dead cattle".
This man Wilson obviously was not thinking of his actions and what the outcome would be for his family. The family continued on and reached thier goal and a few years later his wife re-married.
This grave was possibley one of those that was found when Interstate Highway 84 was put in. It was moved to the site that is indicated on the map, the orange *.
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