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
donation land claim
1926 Forest Hills Expansion
Forest Hills Expansion, Uplands’ Beginnings A few miles from the iron deposits discovered by Matthew Patton, iron was found on a mountain eventually named after the ore it held. Today’s Iron Mountain was part of Henry Prosser’s Donation Land Claim. In the 1860s, about a decade after establishing his Donation Land Claim, Prosser abandoned his wife and family. In the divorce … [Read more...] about 1926 Forest Hills Expansion