Oregon Journal by Cilja

By Cilja

  • Henry Chapman was born

    About this time

  • Vittwia St. Claire was born

    Her parents were Samuel Chapman Sarah Smeed Chapman

  • Family moved to Burlington, Iowa

  • She saw praire schooners

  • Family moved back to Kentucky

  • Her brothers Daniel and Henry started schooning across the plains for Oregon

    About this time

  • Henry took a claim on some land near Ashland

    Around this time

  • Vittwia volunteered as a nurse

    Around this time

  • Times were flush

  • Henry and Vittwia came to Southern Oregon

    In September

  • She married Michael Mickelson

    In this year at least

  • Michael Mickelson died

  • Henry died

    In this year

  • Interview with Vittwia St. Claire Chapman Mickelson

    For the Oregon Journal