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1877.

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Coburg

• From 1847 until 1877, it would have been necessary to travel to Oregon City to get anything that

a farmer couldn't raise himself or trade his neighbor for such as salt, sugar, oranges, coffee, tea, and etc were prized possessions. In 1877, it would have taken 2 weeks to travel to Oregon City If you had a horse! It was of little value to travel to Eugene which was approximately 3 and a half hours away by horse and/or buggy since Eugene wasn't much bigger than Coburg.

Springfield

• Although not included within the Springfield city limits at the time, the Thurston post office in the Thurston area was established on March 16, 1877, with Thomas H. Hunsaker as postmaster (Jones 1958:33).