In 1854 walked across the plains with nothing but a switch in hand leading a team of oxen and the Durgan wagon train , he was married Katherine Boardwell in what is now Camas Washington, the original owner of Prune Hill..
Moved to Cape Horn , and Washougal also lived in Portland for a while,, " moved around a lot of different places"...Katherine.. born 1848.. on the Tualatin Plains .Washington County Oregon Territory . married LaFayette Durgan.. They had 11 children that lived.. They are in Washougal Cemetery. Great grandfather of Ted L Durgan.
He raised 19 children, 11 of his own , and some grand children, and some were nieces and nephews. At one time they all lived in the same house at Cape Horn Washington.