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Albert Alonzo

Donation Land Claims

July 30, 2020 by Lake Oswego Preservation Society

Donation Land Claimants, The First Neighbors The California Gold Rush of 1849 coincided with Oregon becoming a United States Territory. One problem the federal government faced was how to convince some of the 300,000 people chasing visions of untold wealth to choose, instead, to settle the new territory. The scheme Congress devised was to give away land. The Donation Land … [Read more...] about Donation Land Claims

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