FIRST - American Government on the Pacific Coast
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TheBeanTeam
N 45° 15.400 W 122° 54.107
10T E 507706 N 5011468
Champoeg Oregon, May 2nd, 1843 a vote was held at this spot to form the first provisional government in the far west.
Waymark Code: WM10C9
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 12/01/2006
Views: 42
First Seal of the Provisional Government founded at Champoeg OregonOriginally a gathering place for the Kalapuya Indians, Champoeg became a meeting place for the French-Canadian trappers that were here in the early 1800's. This location became the site of a pioneer town named Champoeg. Champoeg was destroyed by a Willamette River flood but was in existence from about 1840 to December, 1861. It was at this spot that on May 2, 1843, a vote was taken to form Oregon's Provisional Government. This was the first American government in the Pacific Northwest.
The monument reads
Erected on
Thursday May 2, 1901
In honor of the
first American
Government
on the Pacific Coast
Organized here
Tuesday May 2, 1843
52 persons voting
for 50 against
The names of the former
as far as obtainable
are hereon
inscribed.
The other three sides of the monument hold the names of those who voted to be represented by an American Government.
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