This map (dated 1878) shows the land holdings of G.W. and J.R. Dimmick in the Hubbard Area. The circled “126” references the original DLC of AR Dimmick which would have encompassed these parcels and potentially more surrounding land. [2]

In 1847, at age 57, Augustus Right Dimick (Demick) (1790-1863) crossed the Oregon Trail and settled on a 643 acre Donation Land Claim in Marion County, T4S R1W sections 34, 35 & T5S R1W sections 2 & 3.

Dimick was born April 10, 1790 in Connecticut.  He married his third wife, Laura Ann (Louisa) Pegborn (Pegburn), a woman about 22 years his junior, in April of 1828 in Lorain Ohio.1   Augustus fathered 10 children, including sons George Washington Dimick and J.B. Dimick who by 1878 had taken over the ownership of much of the original land claim.1

A.R. Dimick is noted for bringing potato seeds for “early or shaker blue” potatoes from Michigan and planting them throughout Northern Marion County.  They were nicknamed “Dimick Potatoes.”[3]

The Willamette Heritage Center has a copy of genealogical materials related to the Dimick Family, put together in 2003 by Christie Wyman (2006.024.0001) in our special collections.

More info on Dimick and the potatoes is available here.

Potato History in Oregon: https://www.oregonspuds.com/the-history-of-potatoes-in-oregon

[1] Biographical information taken from biography cards on file at the Marion County Historical Society;  Gurley, Lottie L.  Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims Supplement to Volume I.  Volume V Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland, 1975., pg 22; and Augustus Right Dimick, His Children and Grandchildren.  Self Published, 2003, in the special collections at the Marion County Historical Society.

[2] Historical Atlas Map of Marion and Linn Counties, Oregon.  Published by the Edgar Williams Company.  San Francisco, California, 1878.  Map 1.

[3] Will, Clark Moor.  “A History of Hubbard…”  Marion County History.  Volume 2.  Salem, Oregon: Marion County Historical Society, 1956.