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  • Clatsop County, Oregon

    The Lewis and Clark Expedition stayed for the winter of 1805–6 in the area, establishing Fort Clatsop as one of the earliest American structures on the west coast of North America. Astoria, Oregon's oldest settlement, was established as a fur trading post in 1811 and named after John Jacob Astor. Clatsop County was created from the northern and western portions of the original Twality District...

  • Multnomah County, Oregon

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Multnomah County, Oregon. The area of the lower Willamette River has been inhabited for thousands of years, including by the Multnomah band of Chinookan peoples long before European contact, as evidenced by the nearby Cathlapotle village, just downstream. Multnomah County (the 13th in Oregon Territory) was created on December 22, 18...

  • Rose City Cemetery, Portland, Oregon

    This project is for those buried in Rose City Cemetery, Portland, Oregon. Leaders of the Japanese Association, which became the Nikkei Jin Kai after World War II, purchased a large portion of the cemetery. In 2005, the Japanese Ancestral Society became the cemetery's title holder. The organization continues to administer an endowment to maintain the cemetery. Notable Interments Alaric C...

  • Oregon State University

    Wikipedia Oregon State University (OSU) is a coeducational, public research university in the northwest United States, located in Corvallis, Oregon. The university offers more than 200 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs and has the largest total enrollment in Oregon. More than 230,000 people have graduated from OSU since its founding. The Carnegie Foundation classifies Oregon ...

  • American Old West

    Wikipedia Designed to capture contributors and participants in America's expansion westward from the east coast. Including politicians, newsmen, explorers, founding fathers, frontiersmen, mountainmen, railroadmen, lawmen, outlaws, gunfighters, etc. Notable people of the American Old West Artists Frederic Remington - Artist who specialized in the American Old West Explorers Saca...

  • State of Oregon

    This subportal is part of the USA Portal . = This is the master project for Oregon and its history. =State of Oregon=* Nickname(s): Beaver State* Motto(s): Alis volat propriis (Latin: She flies with her own wings)* State song(s): "Oregon, My Oregon"* Demonym: Oregonian* Capital: Salem* Largest city: Portland ===Please do not add profiles to the State of Oregon project. Add them to the appropria...

  • Lincoln County, Oregon

    Wikipedia =The county was named for President Abraham Lincoln .

  • Clackamas County, Oregon

    Originally named Clackamas District, it was one of the four original Oregon districts created by Oregon's Provisional Legislature on July 5, 1843, along with Twality (later Washington), Champooick (later Marion), and Yamhill. The four districts were redesignated as counties in 1845. At the time of its creation, Clackamas County covered portions of four present-day U.S. states and a Canadian pro...

  • Douglas County, Oregon

    The area originally was inhabited by the Umpqua Indians, a grouping of natives who spoke a variety of Penutian and Athabaskan languages. Following the Rogue River Indian War in 1856, most of the remaining natives were moved by the government to the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation. However, seven families of Umpqua hid in the hills, eluding capture for many decades. They are now federally recogni...

  • Coos County, Oregon

    The name Coos originated from the name of the Native American tribe that had settled the area. "Coos" loosely translates to "lake" or "place of pines". Lewis and Clark noted Cook-koo-oose. Early maps and documents spelled it Kowes, Cowes, Coose, Koos, among others. Although exploration and trapping in the area occurred as early as 1828, the first European-American settlement was established at...

  • Rest-Haven Memorial Park, Eugene, Oregon

    This cemetery is located on 3900 Willamette Street, Eugene, Linn County, Oregon. Find a Grave Billion Graves

  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Eugene, Oregon

    Nestled in the south hills of Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, Mt. Calvary Cemetery dates back to 1886 when Peter and Cecilia Erz donated three acres of land to St. Mary Catholic Church. The cemetery currently has 10 acres of land. The Musgrove family has managed the cemetery for the Archdiocese of Oregon since 2001. Find a Grave

  • Oregon Counties, Cities, Communities and Towns Project

    This project is part of the State of Missouri Portal. ==About the Project=Please use this project to add, research, document, and discuss your ancestors from Missouri. You can add profiles for:* People born in Missouri* People who lived in Missouri* People who died in MissouriWhen you find helpful resources for research, please share them here so that others can benefit.If you have projects rel...

  • University of Oregon

    The University of Oregon (also referred to as UO or Oregon) is a public flagship research university located in Eugene, Oregon. UO was founded in 1876. The institution's campus is 295 acres in size and is situated along the Willamette River. Since July 2014, UO has been governed by the Board of Trustees of the University of Oregon. The university is classified as having very high research activ...

  • Lewis & Clark College

    Wikipedia =Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college located in Portland, Oregon. It has an undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences, a School of Law, and a Graduate School of Education and Counseling. Lewis & Clark is a member of the Annapolis Group of colleges with athletic programs competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III Northwest Conference. ...

  • Wasco County, Oregon

    Celilo Falls on the Columbia River served as a gathering place and major trading center for the local Native Americans, including the Wasco, Paiute, and Warm Springs tribes, for thousands of years. These rapids came to be named Les Grandes Dalles de la Columbia or "The Great Falls of the Columbia" by the French Canadian fur traders. The Dalles initially served as a way station on the Oregon Tr...

  • Odd Fellows Cemetery, The Dalles, Oregon

    In Wasco County, take Cherry Heights Road up the hill from West 6th Street to West 13th Street past St. Peter's Cemetery on the right hand side. The driveways is about 100 yards beyond West 13th Street on the left hand side. This cemetery was called Sunset Cemetery until the Odd Fellows took it over in 1885. The GAR and Wasco County Cemeteries are next to the IOOF Cemetery. Wasco County Townshi...

  • Portland, Oregon

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Portland, Oregon. Official Website Named after Portland, Maine, the Oregon settlement began to be populated in the 1830s, near the end of the Oregon Trail. Its water access provided convenient transportation of goods, and the timber industry was a major force in the city's early economy. At the turn of the 20th century, the city had...

  • Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon

    This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon. Links Wikipedia

  • Eugene, Oregon

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Eugene, Oregon. Official Website Eugene is the county seat of Lane County and is known as "Emerald City" and "Track Town, USA" Wikipedia French fur traders had settled seasonally in the Willamette Valley by the beginning of the 19th century. Having already developed relationships with Native communities through intermarriage and...

  • Lane County, Oregon

    Wikipedia The county is named for the first Governor of the Oregon Territory & US Senator Joseph Lane . Elijah Bristow was the first white settler to stake a claim and build a permanent cabin in 1846 in the upper Willamette Valley, in what is now Lane County, Oregon, United States. Cemeteries Cemeteries of Oregon

  • Willamette National Cemetery

    Wikipedia Willamette National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located about 10 miles southeast of the city of Portland, Oregon. Find a Grave

  • Klamath County, Oregon

    The Klamath or Clamitte tribe of Indians, for which Klamath County was named, are the descendants of varying cultures of indigenous peoples, who have lived in the area for more than 10,000 years. When European-Americans began to travel through the area in 1846 along the Applegate Trail, they competed with the Klamath for game and water, which precipitated clashes between the peoples. This was ...

  • Josephine County, Oregon

    The discovery of rich placers at Sailor Diggings (later known as Waldo) in 1852 and the resulting gold rush brought the first settlers to this region. Several U.S. Army forts were maintained in the county and many engagements during the Rogue River Indian War (1855–1858) took place within its boundaries. In 1851, a group of prospectors moved to the Illinois Valley and made the first discovery o...

  • Jefferson County, Oregon

    Jefferson County was created on December 12, 1914, from a portion of Crook County. The county owes much of its agricultural prosperity to the railroad, which links Madras with the Columbia River, and was completed in 1911, and to the development of irrigation projects in the late 1930s. The railroad was completed despite constant feuds and battles between two lines working on opposite sides of ...

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