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Filtering by: Creator Andre, Jean-Claude Location Champoeg, Oregon, United States, (Populated Place)

1. Champoeg, a perspective of a frontier community in Oregon, 1830-1861

Creator:: Speulda-Drews, Lou Ann
Abstract:: Champoeg, located along the Willamette River, developed as a transportation center for both river and overland travel and as a shipping point for agricultural products. Retired employees of the Hudson's Bay Company were the first to settle in the area, in the 1830s. American settlers began arriving in large numbers...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: valley close to present-day Salem; and, finally, Jean Baptiste Desportes McKay established a farm west