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[ Monday, February 18, 2008 08:44 PDT ]

Legacy Journal: Abe Lincoln Legacy

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“Well, I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.”—- President Abe Lincoln

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The first Fisk’s to settle in the Oregon Territory were part of a group who followed the Gold Trail to Canyonville and what is now Grant County in eastern part of the state.  They were true pioneers who left Carroll County, Illinois, 1 May 1852,  at a time Lincoln was living , prospering, and practicing law railroad in Springfield,  He was circuit rider, an Illinois legislator, and U.S. congressman.  Abe’s friend, Ed Baker,  Black Hawk War volunteer , fellow lawyer, loyalist in helping delivery 35% of California vote for the new President.  Late, Baker became Oregon’s first U.S. Senator, and the only member of Congress to be fatally wounded during the Civil War. He was eulogized in the Federal Capitol building rotunda with Lincoln in attendance.

It is no accident that the original Oregon Fisks were Whig Republicans, supported Lincoln, put “Union on the state flag voted for Grant, and hated Prohibition. Taxes on alcohol served in small town saloons were the primary source of revenue for early local government services including law enforcement and city water.

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