Donation Land Claim Archives - Willamette Heritage Center

May 2016

Joseph Gervais
Joseph Gervais

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Joseph Gervais

Heritage Center2020-12-28T18:10:48-08:00May 13th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: Adelaide, Alexander McKay, apple orchard, Beaver, Bishop Joseph Norbert Provencher, buffalo, Canada, Champoeg district, Chemaway, Chinook tribe, Clallum Indians, committee, constitution, David Stuart, Donald McKenzie, Donation Land Claim, draft laws, Duncan McDougall, England, Etienne Lucier, Ewing Young, first school in Oregon, Fort Astor, Francois, Francoise, French Prairie, French-Canadian, fur bearing animals, furs, general election, Gervais house, grist mill, HBC, Isaac, Jason Lee, John Jacob Astor, John McLoughlin, Joseph Gervais, Julie, Lake Labish, Louis LaBonte, Marguerite Clatsop, Marie Angelique, Mary, Modeste Demers, Mr. Mathews, naturalized citizen, Nor'wester, North West Company, northern California, Olympic Peninsula, Oregon country, Pacific Fur Company, payroll, petitioning, post-in-sill, Protestants, provisional government, Pudding River, Roman Catholic, Salem, Solomon H. Smith, southern Oregon, supply ship, trapper, Union Jack, United States, voting, Wallace House, Willamette River, Willamette Valley, Wilson Price Hunt, Xavier, Yi-a-must|

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Geer Family
Geer Family

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Geer Family

Heritage Center2020-04-30T06:10:50-07:00May 8th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: apple farm, apple seeds, Archie Geer, Asher Holler, benevolent to a fault, buffalo meat, Calvin Geer, Cannon, Captain Hibbard, Cascade Falls, Cascade Mountains, cattle, cattleman, Celilo, Central Ohio, Chaplin, Civil War battles, Commission for Southern Pacific Railroad, Connecticut, dairy farm, Darby Plains, Donation Land Claim, dried salmon, Drift Creek, Elizabeth Dixon, Elizabeth Dixon Geer, Elizabeth Smith, employment of women, Far West, first native born governor, Florinda Geer, Fred Walcott Geer, Frederick Walcott Geer, fruit industry, Geer Family, GeerCrest Farm, General Palmer, God’s green footstool, governor, Governor of Oregon, great wrestler, hard worker, Heman Johnson Geer, Homer Davenport, hop farmer, Illinois, Joseph Cary Geer, Joseph Geer, Knox County, legislative assembly, LeGrand Byington Geer, Madison County, Marcus Whitman, Marion County, Marion County Fair, Mary Johnson, Mary Strong, mustard greens, mustard seeds, nurseries, Ohio, Oregon Pioneer, Oregon Territory, Paul Revere, pear seeds, Politics, Ralph Geer, representative in the State Legislature, salmon swap, Samantha Geer, sheepman, Spanish Merino sheep, State House Board, State Land Agent, steamboat captain, teacher, ten hour workdays, Theodore Geer, thirteen exhibits, Timothy Davenport, Waldo Hills, War of 1812, widow, Willamette Valley, Windham County|

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Thomas Cox
Thomas Cox

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Thomas Cox

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:55:42-07:00May 4th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: ammunition, Applegates, apples, Barlow Trail, Beaver Money, beef, Blue Mountains, calico, carding mill, Cascade Range, Cayuse conflict, Cayuse Indians, Chemawa Indians, Chemeketa Indians, Chemeketa St., Court St., Cox Cemetery, Cox's store, Cox’s Golden Cling, custom-made wagons, Daniel Waldo, David Leslie, Donation Land Claim, Dr. John McLoughlin, Elias Brown, first post office, first postmaster, first store in Salem, first woolen mill on West Coast, Fort Hall Route, fruits, general store, gold dust, grist mill, Hudson Bay Company, Indians, John Boon, John Minto, Joseph Cox, Joseph Watt, Joseph Wilson, L.H. Judson, Laurel Hill, Lewis Judson house, Liberty St., Looneys, Macleans, Martha Cox, measles, Missouri, Mt. Hood, Ohio, Oregon City, Oregon Trail, pack horses, Pendleton, Peter Polley, President James Polk, provisional government, Rev. J.L. Parrish, rock salt, Salem, sheep husbandry, Silverton, slabs of molasses, Snake River country, spelling books, Store, sweat houses, textile industry, Thomas Cox, Turner Crump, variety of peach, Virginia, W.H. Hillson, wheat as currency, Whitman Massacre, Willamette Woolen Manufacturing Mill, William Cox, William Cox and Co., William H. Rector, William Rector|

Thomas Cox 0999.726 Readers should feel free to use information from this article, however credit must be given to the Willamette Heritage Center [...]

May 2011

John P Graves

Heritage Center2024-10-08T09:29:53-07:00May 17th, 2011|Categories: History Tidbits|Tags: Abiqua, David Graves, Donation Land Claim, John P Graves, Maria Graves, Philip Graves, Samuel Glover, Sarah Graves, Silverton, William Glover|

The following information was found in our subject files in response to a research request today. John P. Graves was born May 17, 1824 [...]