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Creator:: Bowyer, Gary C.
Abstract:: Fort Hoskins is located near Kings Valley, approximately 16 miles from Corvallis. The Fort, built after the Rogue Wars of the 1850s, was intended to safeguard the newly created Indian reserves. During its' ten-years of existence, U.S. Army Regulars manned the Fort from 1856-1861 while volunteers from California, Washington, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Poet, Rebecca McClelland
Abstract:: In 1986, researchers from Oregon State University, led by Dr. David Brauner, came to the small Catholic community of St. Paul, Oregon as part of ongoing research on the French-Canadian inhabitants of the Willamette Valley between 1829 and the mid-1860s. They were searching for the remains of the first Catholic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Wallace and J. C. Halsey led a party up the Willamette in 1812 12 to build a dwelling and trading

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:: established near what is now Salem by William Wallace and J.C. Halsey for wintering in the Willamette Valley

Creator:: Hylton, Lindon B.
Abstract:: This thesis documents a period of ecological and cultural change on a Willamette Valley, Oregon landscape. In particular, this study examines the Peavy Arboretum area and the cultural changes that accompanied the transformation of the landscape from an oak savannah in the mid-nineteenth century to a dense Douglas-fir forest in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Weber, Mary K. (Mary Kathryn)
Abstract:: The Willamette Mission archeological project consists of a broad program of cultural research in the fields of archeology, history, and architecture. The study focuses on the first Methodist mission in the Pacific Northwest. Archeological excavations were conducted in 1980 to locate the site of the mission, to assess the site's...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Chapman, Judith Sanders
Abstract:: The Willamette Mission archeological project consists of a broad program of cultural research in the fields of archeology, history, and architecture. The study focuses on the first Methodist mission in the Pacific Northwest. Archeological excavations were conducted in 1980 to locate the site of the mission, to assess the site's...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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