Fear of the Kalapuyans Fearing of “Indians” in the 1850s in Oregon was a real and powerful thing among the white settlers. tribal people did
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Methodists in Oregon
Reverend Jason Lee established the first Methodist Mission near Champoeg in 1835. By 1839 the mission had been damaged by flood waters and Lee established another
The Battle of Abiqua, Second Battle of the Willamette Valley
The Battle of Abiqua In February 1848, six months after the Whitman Massacre, the settlers in the Willamette valley were very tense, concerned that the
Equability of the Willamette Valley Treaty
Three days after signing the Willamette Valley Treaty (January 22, 1855) with the tribes of the Willamette Valley and Columbia River, Joel Palmer Superintendent of
The Temporary Reservation on the Guilford W. Warden DLC, Yamhill County
Guilford W. Warden was an emigre into the Oregon Territory in 1850. He had a donation land claim in Yamhill County near the South Yamhill