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SE32.3 km
FIRST - Geocache Site
in First of its Kind
The very first Geocache ever placed.
posted by: Super_Nate
location: Oregon
date approved: 4/30/2006
last visited: 8/19/2013
SW33.6 km
FIRST - American Government on the Pacific Coast
Champoeg Oregon, May 2nd, 1843 a vote was held at this spot to form the first provisional government in the far west.
posted by: TheBeanTeam
date approved: 12/1/2006
last visited: 9/11/2012
SW55.8 km
FIRST - Mission to the Indians of the Willamette Valley
Site of a historic Methodist mission established in 1843
posted by: ddtfamily
date approved: 8/31/2013
last visited: never
E63.2 km
First locomotive in the Oregon Territory
This train operated in the Oregon Territory on the southern banks of the Columbia River between Bonneville and Cascade Locks between 1862 and 1863 and is now on display at Cascade Locks.
posted by: Queens Blessing
date approved: 6/17/2008
last visited: 9/15/2012
SW69.8 km
FIRST - Rev. Jason Lee, Oregon
Rev. Jason Lee (1803-1845) was the FIRST missionary in Oregon and a colonizer from 1834-1843
date approved: 9/23/2012
last visited: 7/24/2020
FIRST - Dr. John McLoughlin, Oregon
Dr. John McLoughlin (1784-1857) was the FIRST to govern the Oregon Country from 1824-1843.
posted by: Rose Red
date approved: 2/18/2007
SW70 km
FIRST - Medical School in the Pacific Northwest
In 1867 Willamette University founded the first Medical School in the Pacific Northwest—the third such college west of St. Louis.
date approved: 2/19/2007
last visited: 9/24/2012
E81.8 km
FIRST - Road Built Over Cascade Range (Barlow Road), Oregon
The first road over the Cascade Range was built in 1845-1846 by Samuel K. Barlow and Joel Palmer and later Philip Foster.
date approved: 7/11/2007
last visited: 7/14/2009
E91.6 km
Neal Creek Sawmill - Hood River, OR
This location on Neal Creek is the site of the first sawmill in the Hood River valley.
posted by: dkestrel
date approved: 10/3/2016
SW108.5 km
FIRST - Burial in Locke Pioneer Cemetery - Corvallis, OR
Locke Pioneer Cemetery was established in 1846. The first burial of Mrs. Anna Hughart was also the first immigrant to die in Benton County.
posted by: NW_history_buff
date approved: 6/11/2018
NW115.2 km
FIRST - Community Antenna Television Installation, Astoria, Oregon
Site of the FIRST community antenna television installation in the United States. Completed February, 1949. Astoria, Oregon
date approved: 6/18/2006
last visited: 9/21/2012
FIRST - Astoria, the OLDEST U.S. Settlement West of the Rocky Mountains, Oregon
Founded in 1811, Astoria, Oregon is the OLDEST U.S. settlement west of the Rocky Mountains.
date approved: 6/20/2006
last visited: 4/27/2019
NW115.4 km
FIRST - U. S. Customhouse, Astoria, Oregon
The FIRST U.S. Customhouse built west of the Rocky Mountains at Astoria, Oregon in 1852.
last visited: 12/17/2006
SW115.7 km
FIRST - Woman to Graduate from Oregon State University - Corvallis, OR
This bronze statue depicts Alice E. Biddle who was the first woman to graduate from what is now Oregon State University in 1870.
date approved: 10/24/2012
last visited: 11/26/2017
NW117.5 km
FIRST - Electric Generating Station - Astoria, Oregon
Plaque along Hwy 30 in Astoria.
posted by: Volcanoguy
date approved: 12/24/2006
last visited: 12/24/2006
NW146.9 km
FIRST - Fort, School, & Gov. Post Office - Willapa Valley, Washington
Stone near the Willy Keil History Sign on Hwy 6
location: Washington
date approved: 11/20/2006
last visited: 7/28/2020
S150.2 km
FIRST - Jail in Junction City, OR
A preserved and relocated jail sits behind the Pitney House Museum and is Junction City's first jail, built in 1873.
date approved: 6/28/2018