Eastland, Robert Emmet

From Lane Co Oregon

Another Civil War veteran was Robert Emmet Eastland (1844-1926), who brought his family to eastern Oregon in 1876, where he captained an Oregon State Militia group called the “Wild Horse Rangers.” He later moved the family to Eugene, so that his children could attend the University of Oregon. Eastland then took work as a night policeman, and later was Lane County treasurer. One son, Herbert C. Eastland, graduated from the UO.