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Thought some would be interested in this article... although, I am a
descendant of Oliver, I am not Directly related to "Pomp" ... If you
think that you might be .. go to Gary Charbonneau's web site and check
it out ..
http://www.pclink.com/gcharbon/CHARFAM.wbg/index.html
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BOISE IDAHO NEWSPAPER FIRST WEEK OF MAY 2000
GRAVESITE OF SACAGAWEA'S Son being restored for bicentennial
'Pomp' traveled world, died at 61 in Southeast Oregon
The Associated Press
JORDAN VALLEY, Ore. - In this remote corner of southeastern Oregon, the
overgrown grave of the son
of Sacagawea awaits refurbishing and the onslaught of visitors during
the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition.
It is the resting-place of Jean-Batiste Charbonneau, known as "Pomp" one
of the most famous babies of the last century.
Born Feb. 11, 1805, he was carried on the expedition. His grave,
discovered in the 1960s, is a mess.
With the bicentennial approaching in 2003, crews began clearing
sagebrush from the site, prepping for
a June 24 dedication.
The gravesite restoration is being done under the umbrella of the Oregon
Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. New fencing,
trees and roadwork on the dusty county road leading to the site are
under way.
After the expedition's conclusion in 1806 Charbonneau went on to live a
storybook life. Educated in Europe
by a German aristocrat, he returned to the West as a mountain man and
military scout, eventually working as
a miner during the California Gold Rush before dying at 61 at a lonely
stage stop near here in 1866.
Cattle ranches dominate the area, a place settled by miners and
cattlemen in the 1860's. The grave is three
miles off US 95 in the community of Danner, about 17 miles west of
Jordan Valley.
The grave could draw thousands of visitors enthralled with the role of
Sacagawea and her child on the trip.
Already, with an overgrown grave and poor signs on the highway, hundreds
of people visit the site each
summer.
"It will bring a lot of people in," said Mike Hanley, whose 1,000-head
cattle ranch sits just out of town.
"Tourism will help."
Jordan Valley, like dozens of rural communities in The West, is reeling
from the effects of a changing economy. Grazing restriction's are
helping slow the cattle industry, while last year the Kinross-Delarnar
Gold
Corp., closed its mine, cutting more than 100 jobs. The Jordan Valley
School District has lost approximately
50 of its 142 students since the mine closed.
Meanwhile, lower airfares, American Indian gambling casinos and the lure
of Las Vegas have stolen
away traffic that used to thread through this town on the way to
Winnemucca and Reno.
Charbonneau had no intention of staying when he arrived at the Inskip
Station in May 1866. Chilled from
crossing the icy Owyhee River, he came down with pneumonia and died at
the stage stop.
He spent several years in Europe, learning at least four languages
fluently and becoming a favorite in royal
courts.
At 24, he came home to visit the West. For the next 15 years, he
traveled the Rocky Mountains. He scouted for
the Mormon Battalion during the Mexican-American War in the 1840's and
settled in California. He spent
about 20 years in the state.
When Charbonneau's obituary was discovered in an old newspaper from an
Idaho mining town, historians were sure he had died at the Inskip
Station.
Today, Charbonneau's grave and five others sit beside a gravel road. The
remains of the station sit across
the road from the ranch on private property.
Bruce and Joni Boyle raise horses and cattle on the 6,000-acre Ruby
Ranch near the gravesite. And while
pleased with the legacy, they view the grave warily.
We could see the good and bad of that" Bruce Boyle said.
Many ranchers in this part of Oregon feel under siege. Environmental
concerns have forced cattle off land
near the Owyhee River, while changing consumer tastes have hurt beef
prices. Having more "outsiders" driving down rural ranching roads seems
like trouble to some.
Still, the Boyles are donating about one acre that Charbonneau's grave
occupies and are building a
better fence around the lnskip Station site to allow tourists to see the
remains of the stone station, without
damaging it.
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