Fandango Pass
The first wagon to come to Fandango Pass was that of Andrew Baldwin, now hell bent on getting his remaining children to the Willamette Valley. Clare Baldwin was supported by two of her sons as she walked. She seemed aged beyond her years. Fern, Michael's loyal dog was still with them. His brothers, Paul and Robert, seemed fit as fiddles. But Michael had rolled badly on rocks and suffered in the back of the wagon. They also had lost two hens and two oxen. Clarence and Lenoir were in good health, but they had also lost two oxen. One of which was butchered and used to the fullest. One of which had fallen to a steap place where it was unrecoverable. Not comparable to loosing children, but a mournful shame. Hershel Yolkam and his wife, Anne, were still the power team. He had not lost oxe
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