Few families have a more interesting pioneer history than that of the Chambers family. Thomas Jackson Chambers was born in Tennessee, in the same house where his cousin, ex-President Andrew Jackson, had lived, when twenty-one years of age.
Thomas J. Chambers crossed the plains in 1845, with his father, Thomas C, a brother of David J., and a large party of friends and relatives; on the first stage of their journey they reached Spanish Hollow, Mo. While there other families joined them and the large party started across the plains to the Pacific Coast, Thomas J. Chambers being Captain of the train of fifteen wagons, with two yoke of cattle to each wagon, and other loose live stock.
They forded every stream between the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, and saw many herds of buffalo en route. At Fort Hall those of the company going to California turned south and the others kept on the way north, via the Lewis and Clark trail. They arrived at The Dalles, Ore., October 27, 1845, and started down the Columbia River in boats. Later, they started for Puget Sound, in the fall of 1847, journeying down the Willamette River and stopping en-route at Portland, which then consisted of six houses.
At last they arrived at Olympia, Wash., where they found one log cabin. They later located at Chambers Prairie, three miles east of Olympia. The old linchpin emigrant wagon used by the Chambers family crossing the plains was exhibited at the Alaska-Yukon Exposition in Seattle and is now in the Portland Museum. The Chambers family also brought the first hall-clock and dressing-table to the state of Washington.
In 1849, Thomas J. Chambers came to California and followed mining on the American River, later returning to Washington where he also located on Chambers Prairie, engaging in farming.
He served in the Indian War in Washington. In 1867, he located at Yakima where he resided until his death in 1913, at eighty-six years of age.
His wife was America McAllister, born in Kentucky; she had crossed the plains with her parents in the pioneer days to Washington, where she resided until her death. Of their seven children, John T. is the youngest and was born on Chambers Prairie three miles from Olympia, Wash., March 16, 1862, and educated in the public schools of Yakima, assisting his father at stock-raising.
Source: History of Fresno County, Paul E, Vandor, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA, 1919, pps. 2278-79.
Thomas J. Chambers crossed the plains in 1845, with his father, Thomas C, a brother of David J., and a large party of friends and relatives; on the first stage of their journey they reached Spanish Hollow, Mo. While there other families joined them and the large party started across the plains to the Pacific Coast, Thomas J. Chambers being Captain of the train of fifteen wagons, with two yoke of cattle to each wagon, and other loose live stock.
They forded every stream between the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, and saw many herds of buffalo en route. At Fort Hall those of the company going to California turned south and the others kept on the way north, via the Lewis and Clark trail. They arrived at The Dalles, Ore., October 27, 1845, and started down the Columbia River in boats. Later, they started for Puget Sound, in the fall of 1847, journeying down the Willamette River and stopping en-route at Portland, which then consisted of six houses.
At last they arrived at Olympia, Wash., where they found one log cabin. They later located at Chambers Prairie, three miles east of Olympia. The old linchpin emigrant wagon used by the Chambers family crossing the plains was exhibited at the Alaska-Yukon Exposition in Seattle and is now in the Portland Museum. The Chambers family also brought the first hall-clock and dressing-table to the state of Washington.
In 1849, Thomas J. Chambers came to California and followed mining on the American River, later returning to Washington where he also located on Chambers Prairie, engaging in farming.
He served in the Indian War in Washington. In 1867, he located at Yakima where he resided until his death in 1913, at eighty-six years of age.
His wife was America McAllister, born in Kentucky; she had crossed the plains with her parents in the pioneer days to Washington, where she resided until her death. Of their seven children, John T. is the youngest and was born on Chambers Prairie three miles from Olympia, Wash., March 16, 1862, and educated in the public schools of Yakima, assisting his father at stock-raising.
Source: History of Fresno County, Paul E, Vandor, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA, 1919, pps. 2278-79.
Few families have a more interesting pioneer history than that of the Chambers family. Thomas Jackson Chambers was born in Tennessee, in the same house where his cousin, ex-President Andrew Jackson, had lived, when twenty-one years of age.
Thomas J. Chambers crossed the plains in 1845, with his father, Thomas C, a brother of David J., and a large party of friends and relatives; on the first stage of their journey they reached Spanish Hollow, Mo. While there other families joined them and the large party started across the plains to the Pacific Coast, Thomas J. Chambers being Captain of the train of fifteen wagons, with two yoke of cattle to each wagon, and other loose live stock.
They forded every stream between the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, and saw many herds of buffalo en route. At Fort Hall those of the company going to California turned south and the others kept on the way north, via the Lewis and Clark trail. They arrived at The Dalles, Ore., October 27, 1845, and started down the Columbia River in boats. Later, they started for Puget Sound, in the fall of 1847, journeying down the Willamette River and stopping en-route at Portland, which then consisted of six houses.
At last they arrived at Olympia, Wash., where they found one log cabin. They later located at Chambers Prairie, three miles east of Olympia. The old linchpin emigrant wagon used by the Chambers family crossing the plains was exhibited at the Alaska-Yukon Exposition in Seattle and is now in the Portland Museum. The Chambers family also brought the first hall-clock and dressing-table to the state of Washington.
In 1849, Thomas J. Chambers came to California and followed mining on the American River, later returning to Washington where he also located on Chambers Prairie, engaging in farming.
He served in the Indian War in Washington. In 1867, he located at Yakima where he resided until his death in 1913, at eighty-six years of age.
His wife was America McAllister, born in Kentucky; she had crossed the plains with her parents in the pioneer days to Washington, where she resided until her death. Of their seven children, John T. is the youngest and was born on Chambers Prairie three miles from Olympia, Wash., March 16, 1862, and educated in the public schools of Yakima, assisting his father at stock-raising.
Source: History of Fresno County, Paul E, Vandor, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA, 1919, pps. 2278-79.
Thomas J. Chambers crossed the plains in 1845, with his father, Thomas C, a brother of David J., and a large party of friends and relatives; on the first stage of their journey they reached Spanish Hollow, Mo. While there other families joined them and the large party started across the plains to the Pacific Coast, Thomas J. Chambers being Captain of the train of fifteen wagons, with two yoke of cattle to each wagon, and other loose live stock.
They forded every stream between the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, and saw many herds of buffalo en route. At Fort Hall those of the company going to California turned south and the others kept on the way north, via the Lewis and Clark trail. They arrived at The Dalles, Ore., October 27, 1845, and started down the Columbia River in boats. Later, they started for Puget Sound, in the fall of 1847, journeying down the Willamette River and stopping en-route at Portland, which then consisted of six houses.
At last they arrived at Olympia, Wash., where they found one log cabin. They later located at Chambers Prairie, three miles east of Olympia. The old linchpin emigrant wagon used by the Chambers family crossing the plains was exhibited at the Alaska-Yukon Exposition in Seattle and is now in the Portland Museum. The Chambers family also brought the first hall-clock and dressing-table to the state of Washington.
In 1849, Thomas J. Chambers came to California and followed mining on the American River, later returning to Washington where he also located on Chambers Prairie, engaging in farming.
He served in the Indian War in Washington. In 1867, he located at Yakima where he resided until his death in 1913, at eighty-six years of age.
His wife was America McAllister, born in Kentucky; she had crossed the plains with her parents in the pioneer days to Washington, where she resided until her death. Of their seven children, John T. is the youngest and was born on Chambers Prairie three miles from Olympia, Wash., March 16, 1862, and educated in the public schools of Yakima, assisting his father at stock-raising.
Source: History of Fresno County, Paul E, Vandor, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA, 1919, pps. 2278-79.
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