WPA Writer Sara B. Wrenn one day walked all the way from downtown Portland to the town of Oswego to interview a pioneer woman ... who was not at home. (Ironic, isn't it, that this article should have popped up on April Fools' Day?) Hoping to salvage something from the long walk, Ms. Wrenn asked around, and ended up interviewing Margaret Weightman, a 54-year-old Oswego native, about her pioneer parents. (Full transcripts are at the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/wpalh001966/)