Major cattle rancher on the upper Crooked River February 06 2021
Jeff Stewart s pioneer family moved to the area in 1883; he later helped develop a cattle ranch
Thomas Jefferson Stewart was born in Corvallis on Aug. 10, 1868. Later that same year, his parents, John and Mariah Hobbs Stewart, moved to Douglas County. They lived on Days Creek until 1883.
That year, they moved to Central Oregon and settled on Crooked River near the confluence of the north and south forks of the river between present Post and Paulina. The family operated their ranch on Crooked River for several years. John and Mariah, along with their younger children, moved back to Douglas County in 1899.