Clanrick Crosby, Sr.

He commanded ship "Louisiana," sailing from Boston in 1849 for Oregon, going around Cape Horn. One of his relatives writes as follows:

In April, 1850, he went to Oregon for a year, then to Turn Water, Puget sound, at that time a wilderness. He bought claim of his brother, Nathaniel Crosby, with saw and grist mills, also house in rough. There were no houses within two miles. Finally he had flour mill and general merchandise store. His grist mill was the first north of Portland, Oregon. These brothers were more properly pioneers of the West after leaving the sea. He died in Portland, Oregon, in 1879.

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