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Hillsboro, Oregon

Thanks for starting the article on David Hill--I'm surprised there wasn't one already. I cleaned it up and added some categories. I hope you like the changes. If you have any sources for the information, that would be great. Ask me if you need help with citations. Katr67 16:04, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for providing references so quickly. I formatted them, take a look. If you're interested in Oregon stuff you might want to consider joining WikiProject Oregon. Happy editing! Katr67 22:21, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Reedville, Oregon

Are you planning to add anything more to Reedville? Last time I tried in good faith to spruce up an article about a small town in Oregon the person got really mad at me, so I wanted to ask before I add some historic info from Oregon Geographic Names, etc. Thanks, Katr67 00:33, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Orenco Station

Would you like to write an article on Orenco Station that differentiates between the development and the former community, of Orenco, Oregon? I've been too lazy to do it and you are going gangbusters on the Hillsboro stuff so I thought you would like to do it. Great pic of Harvey BTW! (and all your other pics too) Katr67 15:36, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. Yeah original research is frowned on. I was thinking of making a stub for Orenco Station, but I probably wouldn't add enough material to justify separating it from Orenco, Oregon for now, so I'll leave it alone. Would it be safe to say say "The former community of Orenco now forms the Orenco neighborhood in Hillsboro, which is the site of the Orenco Station housing development"? Katr67 14:08, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome about Old Scotch Church most of the credit goes to the NRHP infobox. I listed the article on the NRHP project page too. Hmm. References from plates, huh? I don't know if you can use those. If I were you I would take whatever info is on the plates and type it into Google and see if there is anything there. But maybe you could take a photo of the plates and stick them in the article too. Katr67 03:32, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Mission Mill Museum

Hey, one of these days do you think you could take some pictures at Mission Mill? I'd like to spruce up the article but it really needs some photos. Thanks! Katr67 19:22, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Narcissa Whitman

You rock for writing this article! It's always bugged me that she redirected to Marcus Whitman. Katr67 23:51, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

History of Oregon

You might be interested to know that EngineerScotty started this subpage of the Oregon WikiProject: Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Oregon/History of Oregon. As he says here, we need that article if we ever want to get the Oregon article to featured status. Katr67 23:57, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

An award for you

		The Exceptional Newcomer Award
		For doing more in the subject area of Oregon in one month than I have managed to accomplish in six, including writing several long-needed articles and whipping up a bunch of handy infoboxes. Katr67 20:48, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Oregon Pioneer template - size issue

Hi. I'm one of the contributors to this page, providing the BPOV or BCPOV stuff, although more yet someday but I keep "watch" on this page. I have reservations about the size and colour-dominance of your Oregon Pioneer History template; the Oregon boundary dispute is not just Oregon's history but also that of Washington and ID-MT, but also it's part of Canadian and BC and British history; other topics relating to Oregon's history (and primarily Oregon state's history, as the older sense of "Oregon" is already covered under the Category:Oregon Country category. If there was a similar template for BC, another for British diplomatic history, and another for Canadian history, another for Canadian-US relations/boundary disputes, another for etc., the collection of templates would wind up being larger than the article. The strong brown graphic element also draws the eye away from the article content; I've always been indifferent to templates, even ones light on the eye; but especially when there's more than one possible template that could be placed on a page they're just a way to add clutter; categories work better for navigation anyway IMO.Skookum1 09:27, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Gray and Columbia

Greetings. Thanks for your contribution of "Gray Sails the Columbia River". I think, though, that it would be better to merge that material into the article on Gray. I've written some more about that, on the "Sails" article talk-page, and seek your concurrence.
-- Lonewolf BC 06:24, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Ewing Young

Let me add my thanks to you for adding this overdue Ewing Young article. I've got Kenneth Holmes's biography of Young, and I'll add some to the article about this much-overlooked pioneer. Thanks again! NorCalHistory 19:16, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Puget's Sound vs. Pugets Sound

OK, let's work together; just popped by your new Pugets Sound Agricultural Company and my first reaction is I'm pretty certain the primary title should be Puget's Sound Agricultural Company, and there should probably be a redirect from Puget Sound Agricultural Company. There's quite a bit on this in that Akriggs book I mention on the Oregon etc pages; the PSAC owned land around Victoria, also, and kept on functioning as a corporate entity there even after the founding of the Colony of Vancouver Island (1849). If you're a student, you might want to ask your librarian to use interlibrary loan to get the British Columbia Chronicle by Helen B. Akrigg and G.P.V. Akrigg, Discovery Press, Vancouver, and read both volumes cover to cover, although for pre-colonial history only Vol. 1 need apply. Also recommended just as a great read, but also involving cross-border territorial/colonial politics, is D. Hauka's McGowan's War (cf. McGowan's War) and Okanagan Trail.. Skookum1 20:49, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Fort William

Congratulations on your excellent work on Fort William (Oregon). Please could you look at Henry H. Spalding? - there is an ambiguous link to Fort William you might be able to help with. Thank you CarolGray 17:48, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Brilliant - thank you very much. CarolGray 07:56, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi.

There is a user who posted nasty stuff in the Oregon Country: talk page - Skookum1 - I'm sure you remember him... (sigh) who is part of a contingency of Canadians who are doing personal attacks, deleting my edits, and generally making a hard time for any perspective on any pages that there is Canadian/American content on (I was actually surprised to accidentally run into his spat with you and his totally disrespectful exchanges with you). But it makes sense that he is having spats with others on other pages, as he has been one of a couple people that has started a full blown attack on me. I would appreciate some help (or advice) in stopping "these people" (there are a handful of them that associate with him) from their constant harassment of me (including the fact that they are enlisting Canadian big guns to try to threaten me or get me blocked). I mean, don't you get SICK of it? It's borderline psychotic if not totally retarded behavior. Thanks. A fellow American who is fed up. - Donteatyellowsnow 03:53, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I posted this on my page. But I'll post it here in case you aren't looking there:

Thank you so much! (sigh) That is exactly what I HAVE been doing (what you are suggesting), but he and his buddies have gotten so brazen that they just delete anything I add and even if I make laborious citations (i.e. every single sentence!) And yet when I have questioned their sources (some of which are actually entitled "Useless Facts" when you click on the Internet link) then they DO NOTHING. It's too funny, but not... because these people are a pain in the neck to deal with. - Donteatyellowsnow 04:17, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Imbrie Farm

Hey AM, I'd like to direct your attention to this post on my talk page. Also be looking for an e-mail from me. Continued thanks for your hard work and grace under pressure! Katr67 18:37, 10 February 2007 (UTC)