This summer (2021) I was approached by the Bush Art Museum to do something for Native American month. Over the period of several months of
Tag: Chemeketa
Chemeketa Creek Becomes Mill Creek
A creek in Salem, Oregon, presently named Mill Creek (GNIS 1163145), was named such in the 1850’s. To aid the flow of the original creek,
Wallace House, The First American Building in the Willamette Valley; and the Taking of Fort Astoria
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
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
Observations of John Minto, Salem, Oregon 1874
The following is an annotation to accompany John Minto’s 1874 editorial in the Willamette Farmer newspaper. Minto, a notable settler in Salem participated in many