Harry's grandfather was born in New York and his grandmother was Jane
Winters and she was from London. His grandparents met and married in New
York. They left New York and moved to Tennesse right after the civil
war. Harry was not su...rehow
long they stayed in Tennesse before they came to the west in their own
covered wagon. The Elliott's ended up in Portland and then shortly
therafter moved to Tillamook. Where they bought a donation land claim
on the Kilchis River around 1871. When the elliott family moved from
Portland to Tillamook they came on saddle horses. Everyone either
walked or rode a horse to Tillamook. Harry's father and mother were
Charles Elliott and Mabel brown. Harry is not sure what or why his
family came to Tillamook.
Harry has a story where his family took their own teams and horses and
drove them over the Trask Mountain to go to the 1905 Exposition. They
made it fine to their grandparents house in Yamhill and stayed the
night. The following morning they had forgotten to wake up Harry and
went onto Portland without him. he had to stay with his grandparents
for about a week until they had come back. Then they wenthome to
Tillamook.
When harry was 12 a couple gentlemen brought a 22 rifle to him and
anothe rboy and told him they needed to learn to shoot it. After, about a
half hour of instruction Harry thought he was pretty good. The
gentlemen had left and not been gone too long when there was an
accident. The gun went off and the bullet hit him in the chest. They had
a family doctor come over and said he should go to the hospital the
next day. So, he did just that. he ended up staying for 10 days in the
hospital. They found the bullet in his back and they left it there. I am
not sure who exactly but, someone felt bad for what had happened to
Harry and they gave him a colt and Harry said she wsa a dandy horse.
Work Cited
Tillamook Memories; Places We Love Come Back to Us as Sweet Music. 1st
ed. Vol. 1. Tillamook, Or.: Tillamook Pioneer Association, 1972. Print.
This information comes from Harry Elliot and he was interviewed by Gerry Hysmith.
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