Oregon Spectator, March 19, 1850 OREGON CITY CORPORATION. Notice is hereby given, that sealed proposals will be received, until the 27th inst., for taking up and clearing off of stumps, from the head of Main Street to the bridge near the tannery; no part of said stumps to be left nearer the surface of the…
Oregon Argus, February 25, 1860 SOUTHERN MAIL We learn from Postmaster Fleming that the proposal of Capt. A. F. Hedges for carrying mail from Oregon City to Corvallis and back, once a week, has been accepted by the Department. The service is to be performed one year for $4,000. The semi-weekly mail with which we…
Oregon Spectator, February 21, 1850 Col. W. W. Loring, of the troops stationed in this city, has removed from this place to Fort Vancouver, where he intends establishing the headquarters of the Regiment. PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE TERRITORY IN OREGON Whereas, it has been made known to me by the commanding officer of…
Oregon Spectator, February 7, 1850 There will be an adjourned meeting of the citizens of Oregon City at the Methodist church, on Monday, the 18th inst., at 7 o’clock, P. M., for the purpose of completing the organization of a school district in the city, election of trustees and other purposes. Our paper comes out…
Oregon Argus, January 7, 1860 DESTRUCTIVE FIRE – At last the efforts to burn Dement out have been successful. About three o’clock on Tuesday morning of this week, fire was discovered in the lower room of the building occupied by the Sons of Temperance, Odd Fellows and Masons, adjoining the store of Wm. C. Dement…
Oregon Spectator, November 1, 1849 Clackamas County Female Seminary. The late Legislative Assembly chartered an institution with the above name, and appointed the following persons a Board of Trustees – George Abernethy, A. L. Lovejoy, James Taylor, Hiram Clark, Geo. H. Atkinson, Hezekiah Johnson and Wilson Blain. They have organized, and have been actively engaged…
Oregon Argus, June 11, 1859 Married – On the 8th inst., at Green Point, by Rev. D. Rutledge, Lieut. H. C. Hodges, of the 4th Regiment Infantry, U. S. A., to Miss Annie, only daughter of Hon. Geo. Abernethy. Died: In Springwater, Clackamas County, from the effect of eating German Congreve matches, May 27 Ira…
Oregon Argus, February 19, 1859 Drs. G. A. and Ada M. Weed will commence a course of lectures in the Courtroom in this city on Tuesday evening, February 22 on the following subjects: The Hygeo-Medical System (Hydropathy), by Dr. Weed; Woman her Education and Development, by Mrs. Dr. Weed, and Cause and Cure of Consumption,…
Oregon Argus, August 28, 1858 — Washington Williams, who had been committed to jail in this city to answer to a charge of burning Caufield’s building, was bailed out last week, when he borrowed one of Judge White’s horses in the night and started for California. Officers are now in pursuit of him. FIRE –…
Oregon City Enterprise, August 15, 1868 On Saturday last Mr. Wm. H. Anderson of this city, tested the celebrated giant powder at the P. T. Company’s basin. The entrance has been obstructed by rocks, which were blown to atoms almost in less than no time, by the use of a quarter pound of this powder.…
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