Oregon City - once known as Willamette Falls - was early the site of an Indian salmon fishing village.
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Still in use below this point-were opened on New Years Day, 1873, when the steamer Maria Wilkins became the first vessel to navigate up the west end of Willamette Falls.
Region: Greater Portland
Chief factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company at Fort Vancouver, philanthropist, and founder of Oregon City.
Region: Greater Portland
From 1845 to 1849, George Abernethy was the first Provisional Governor of the Oregon Country, which extended from the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountains and from California to Northe
Region: Greater Portland
The first trading post in the Willamette Valley was located on the Prairie Knoll just east of this point.
Region: Willamette Valley
Established as Provisional Government Park in 1913 to commemorate May 2, 1843 meeting of the "Inhabitants of the Willamette Settlements" to organize a civil government.
Region: Willamette Valley
Dr. Wilhelm Keil founded here a Christian co-operative colony patterned after his colony at Bethel, Missouri. Musicians of the settlement made it widely famous. After Dr.
Region: Willamette Valley
During the period of Oregon’s Provisional Government (1841-1849), residents traveled by Indian trails, water courses, or on primitive rough-hewn wagon roads etched by emigrant settlers.
Region: Willamette Valley
Many of Oregon's early transportation routes resulted from the efforts of enterprising pioneers like the Boone family of Clackamas County.
Region: Willamette Valley