Samuel Milton Smith moved his family from Nebraska to Hood River in the early 1900s. He and the boys came by covered wagon: the girls came later by train. My grandmother, Kitty Pearl (Smith) Camp was one of the girls.

She married George Camp, a lumberjack, and her sister Bertha, married his brother Charlie. George and Kitty had 3 children together, Regina, Dorcas and Billy, before they divorced when my mom was 8. Kitty raised her children in Hood River. She worked at the hospital, as well as the cannery, as did my mother.

Her daughter, Regina Marjorie (Camp) LaRue, was born in Hood River, and raised there. She met my father, John LaRue, when he was working for his Uncle Ivan Guignard in Hood River.

My father's cousins, the Applegates, also lived in Hood River, and for many years, Thane had a bar there.

If you have any information on any of these families, I would appreciate it!

Thanks,
Donna LaRue Edwards
Visalia, CA

dear donna im not sure if its any help my mom was a guignard her frist name was mary whe had 2 siblings named alfred and elsie thery mom was edith and i dont remember their dads name he died when my mom was a lil girl im looking for more family in hoodriver also. my name is cheryl rashid (holden) e-mail is cherylrashid@hotmail.com also i have a facebook page to please look me up. im very interested in the family. thank you very much
cheryl

You might want to contact Bette Walters of the Hood River area. She is your mother's 1st cousin through Henry Smith and Grace Binns Smith. Her daughter, Gayle Jones, runs the Bette's Place restaurant in Hood River.