The Oregon and California Railroad was formed from the Oregon Central Railroad when it was the first to operate a 20-mile stretch south of Portland in 1869. This qualified the railroad for land grants
1905 photo of "Old Betsy," an O&C locomotive, taken in Scio, Oregon.
Walter Lafferty
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Abraham Walter Lafferty was a U.S. Representative from the state of Oregon. Lafferty spent the majority of his career both as a legislator and as an attorney attempting to have millions of acres of la
Rep. A.W. Lafferty decked out for a game of Congressional baseball.
