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 INDEX Episcopalians, The, 415, 423; founding of in Oregon, 425, 426; first services in Oregon at Oregon City by St. Michael Fackler in 1847, 665. Exports, increase and character of, 317-328, 614. Expositions, Clark, 584. Express business, 251. industrial, 583; Lewis and Failing, Henry, 214. Farnham, Russell, diplomat, fur trader and friend of John Jacob Astor, 45. Farm, first in Oregon on Portland townsite, 206; farming, Winship plants first garden, 42. Farrell, Sylvester, 345. Ferry, The first at Portland, 220. Financial condition of Portland 1910, 534- Fire department, 340. Fire, great of 1873, 248. First things at Portland, 210. Fishing industry, 249, 328, 329. Flanders, Capt. George H., 203, 214. Flathead Indians seek "Book of Heaven," 79, 98. France conveys title to Oregon to the United States, 140. French exploration westward, 31. Frazer, Judge A. L., 471. Foreign commerce, growth of, 316. Founding the City, Chapter X, 193. Founders of the City, 198. Foundresses of Catholic Twelve," 393. Flower mission, 467. schools, "The Fruit production at Portland, growth of, 316; fruit trees, first grafted brought to Oregon, 351; first trees from fruit seed brought from England in 1825, 351; varieties brought, 352; George 'Settlemier brings trees from California, 352; high prices of first fruit, 353; challenge to the world on fruit, 355; Lownsdale, M. O., battle for clean fruit, 355; fruit growing and school teaching, 357%; walnut growing, 359; pro- fits of fruit growing, 361; statistics of, 361. Fur skins, numbers of taken in four years, 68. Fur trading sea captains sailing under false flags, troubles of, 136; profits of fur trad- ing, 69. Gass, Patrick, with Lewis and Clark, 59. Gaston, Joseph, organizes first company that built a railroad (longer than a portage road) in Oregon, 286; promotes the first and second land grants for railroads in Oregon, 293; builds 40 miles narrow gauge railroad in Willamette valley, 298. Gateway, The Columbia, 621. Grand Army of the Republic, 571. Gray, Capt. Robert, sails through Straits of Fuca, 27; discovers and enters the Colum- bia river with the first ship to cross the Columbia river bar, 30. Gray, William H., drafted the first law to provide common school education to all children, west of the Rocky Mountains, 122; his history of Oregon, 596. German Aid Society, 474. 677 Gibbs, Addison C., lawyer and "war Gover- nor," 553, 572; defeated for Senator by J. H. Mitchell, 560. Glisan, Dr., 537. Geology of this region, 62. Gold discovered in California, 210; a great event in the development of world-wide prosperity, 511%; its effect on the people, 234; discovered in Oregon, 236; amount mined in 1866, 244; amount exported in 1867, 274. "Gods," The bridge of, 267. "Goose Hollow,” 211. Grain ships in 1878, 311. Growth of the City in 1878, 310. Grover, Lafayette, Legislator, Congressman, Governor and United States Senator, 552. "Hall," St. Helen's, gives school, 395. Hamilton, Genl. Edward, lawyer and com- rade of Genl. President Zachary Taylor, 553. Hawkins, L. L., founder of City Museum, and promoter of skyline roads and parks, 405. Hennepin, Father, his story of exploring upper Mississippi river, doubted, 33- Hebrews, the church of, 420-424; their moral uplift work, 443. Hidden, Mrs. M. L. T., poet and reformer, 603. Higginson, Ella, poet, 603. Hill's Military Academy, 396. Hill, William Lair, codified the laws of Oregon, 558. Himes, George H., his history of Willamette valley, of the Oregon press, curator of the Historical Society, 481, 596. Hines, Rev. H. K., history of Oregon Mis- sions, 596. Historians, 595. Holladay, Ben, buys the Oregon Legisla- ture and steals a land grant, 289; his career and character, 291, 292. "Homes," The Charitable, 456; The Chil- dren's, 456; The Patton for Aged Women, 457; The Old Peoples, 459; St. Joseph's, 460; Boys' and Girls' Aid, 460, 463; Odd Fellows, 460; Baby Home, 462; St. Agnes' Baby, 463; St. Mary's Boys and Girls, 464; Home of the Good Shepherd, 465; Florence Crittenton Home, 466. Hood, mountain, first ascent of, 624. Hops and beer, 334. Horticulture, 351. Hospitals, The Good Samaritan, 447; St. Vincents, 451; Homeopathic, 452; County hospital, 453 Tuberculosis hospital, 454. Hoyt, Ralph W., Manager of Rose Festival, 627. Hudson Bay Co., when organized, 65; its owners and great powers, 66; capital stock and profits, 67%; forts, posts and Indians, 67; offers to sell out to the United States, 231. Hughes, Ellis G., real estate and railroad lawyer, public spirited citizen, 555. Humane Society, 470. Hunt, Wilson Price, brought Astor party overland from St. Louis to Oregon, 43. Digitized brand from St. L