French Prairie is a prairie located in Marion County, Oregon, United States, in the Willamette Valley between the Willamette River and the Pudding River, north of Salem. Mount Hood (called Wy'east by the Multnomah tribe) is a Stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc in northern Prairie, from the French prairie ("meadow" "grassland" "pasture" refers to an area of land of low topographic relief that historically Marion County is a county located in the US state of Oregon. It was originally named the Champooick District, after Champoeg Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Willamette Valley () is the region in northwest Oregon in the United States that surrounds the Willamette River as it proceeds northward from its emergence The Willamette River (pronounced) is a Tributary of the Columbia River. The Pudding River is a tributary of the Molalla River in the U Salem (ˈseɪləm is the Capital of the US state of Oregon, and the County seat of Marion County. It was named for some of the earliest settlers of that part of the Oregon Country, French Canadian/Métis[1] people who were mostly former employees of the Hudson's Bay Company. Oregon Country or Oregon (to be distinguished from the American State also called Oregon) was a predominantly American term referring to A Métis is a person born to parents who belong to different groups defined by visible physical differences regarded as racial or the descendant of such persons [2]
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European American settlement
The European presence in the French Prairie area began with the Willamette Trading Post established in 1814. The Willamette Trading Post or Willamette Fur Post was a Fur trade facility owned by the North West Company established near the Willamette River [1]
In the 1830s the French Canadian settlers, who were Roman Catholic, petitioned to the Bishop of Juliopolis at the Red River Colony (present-day Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) to have a priest sent to them. The Red River Colony (or Selkirk Settlement) was a colonization project set up by Thomas Douglas 5th Earl of Selkirk in 1811 on 300000 km² of land granted Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page [3] Two of these petitions were sent in 1836 and 1837. Bishop François Norbert Blanchet finally arrived in the French Prairie area in 1838. François Norbert Blanchet, ( 30 September 1795 &ndash 18 June 1883) was a missionary and the first Archbishop of the present-day Roman These first French Canadian settlers built hewn log homes in the French style and started wheat farms. A log cabin is a small house built from logs It is a fairly simple type of Log house. [4] The homes were built with clay and stick chimneys, ash bark roofs, and animal skin windows that were similar to the homes built on the eastern Canadian frontier. Eastern Canada (also the Eastern provinces) is generally considered to be the region of Canada east of Manitoba, consisting of the following provinces [4] By 1843, approximately 100 French Canadian families lived on the prairie. [4]
For a short time the Oregonian Railway Company had a station named French Prairie about two miles southeast of the city of St. Paul. St Paul is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States, well known for its annual St [2]
The St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, in St. The St Paul Roman Catholic Church in St Paul Oregon, United States, was the first church in Oregon to be built with bricks when it was constructed in Paul, was built by the settlers of French Prairie and is the oldest brick building in the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America (the term refers to the land not the ocean [1]
Geography
Generally, the French Prairie is bounded by the Pudding River on the east, the Salem area on the south, and the Willamette River on both the north and west as the Willamette makes a 90 degree turn to the south near Newberg. Newberg is a city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. A tradition holds that this town was named by its first postmaster Sebastian Brutscher for [4]
French Prairie today
The French Prairie area is still an important agricultural area of the Willamette Valley, and there is concern about urban development encroaching on arable land. [5]
French Canadian settlements in the French Prairie area
Notable French Prairie residents
References
- ^ a b c Edmonston, George P. Butteville is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Oregon, United States. Champoeg (ʃæmˈpuːi sham-POO-ee or historically as sham poo' eg is a former town in the U Gervais (dʒərˈveɪs is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States. St Louis is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Oregon, United States. St Paul is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States, well known for its annual St Pierre Belleque (1793-1849 was a French Canadian fur trader in the British claimed Columbia District, which was also known as the Oregon Country and also claimed Joseph Gervais (1777— July 14 1861) was a pioneer settler and trapper in the Columbia District of the Hudson's Bay Company (claimed as the Étienne Lucier (1793-1853 was a fur trader in what is now the Pacific Northwest François X Matthieu (1818-1914 was a French Canadian settler of the Oregon Country who was one of the people involved in forming the provisional government Jr. ; Patricia Filip. Rewrites. A look at five OSU researchers who are revolutionizing their academic disciplines. Oregon Stater. Retrieved on 2007-03-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger
- ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur [1928] (2003). Oregon Geographic Names is an authoritative compilation of the origin and meaning of place names in the U Oregon Geographic Names is an authoritative compilation of the origin and meaning of place names in the U Oregon Geographic Names, Seventh Edition, Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. Oregon Geographic Names is an authoritative compilation of the origin and meaning of place names in the U Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Oregon Historical Society (OHS is an organization that encourages and promotes the study and understanding of the history of the Oregon Country, within the broader ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ^ Lenzen, Connie. Settlers on French Prairie, Oregon Territory in 1836-1838. Retrieved on 2007-03-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger
- ^ a b c d Chapman, J. S. (1993). French prairie ceramics: the Harriet D. Munnick archaeological collection, circa 1820-1860: a catalog and Northwest comparative guide. Anthropology northwest, no. 8. Corvallis, Or: Dept. of Anthropology, Oregon State University.
- ^ Minutes of the Board Session. Marion County Board of Commissioners (2006-03-08). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Retrieved on 2007-03-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger
External links
- List of Settlers West of Rockies, 1842 by Elijah White, Indian Agent
- French Canadians in the 1842 Oregon census (has detailed biographies of some of the settlers)
- Historic photos from the French Prairie area from Salem Public Library
- Friends of French Prairie land-use planning organization
- French Prairie is at coordinates Coordinates:
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