Fur traders with the Pacific Fur Company, an American company, left Fort Astoria in 1812, 23rd, October (Franchere), for the Willamette Valley to establish a
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Kalapuya Village of Chemaway
Previous to the settlement of the Oregon Territory the Chemawa (Chemaway) village was located a few miles south of the Village of Champoeg. Little is
The Kalapuya Village of Champoeg
Champoeg is a monument to early Oregon settlement by French- Canadians and Americans from the 1820s to the 1850s. Champoeg, situated on the edge of
Battle Creek, The First Battle in The Willamette Valley
Battle Creek, in Salem, is the location for perhaps the earliest conflict between the tribes in the Willamette Valley and the settlers, in early August
Molalla Chief Crooked Finger, the Battle of Abiqua and the 1851 Molalla Treaty
Crooked Finger (Loshuk), the Molalla Chief, lived in an upland valley in the foothills of the Cascades, above present day Scott’s Mills. This area is