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 Pioneer,
statesman, philosopher. Leader of migration to Oregon in 1843. Leader
of Provisional Government of Oregon in 1844-1849. First Surveyor
General in 1844. Trailblazer, Fort Hall, Idaho, to Willamette Valley,
in 1846. Member of Constitutional Convention for State of Oregon
in 1857. Settled here in 1849, one-half mile west of this spot.
His house was scene of first Court of Provisional Government, Southern
District, 1852.
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