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The Oregonian: New historic plaque honors legacy of formerly enslaved couple who helped found Benton County
By Peter Sleeth and R. Gregory Nokes | For The Oregonian/OregonLive A tribute to Reuben Shipley, who was brought across the Oregon Trail as an enslaved man in 1853, but wound up a well-to-do farmer and founding citizen of Benton County, will be unveiled this weekend... » Read More
New book tells the stories of 3 Oregonians considered iconoclasts in their times
By Amy Wang, The Oregonian/Oregon Live — Jesse Applegate, a white 19th-century emigrant to Oregon, worked to keep slavery from becoming established in Oregon. Abigail Scott Duniway was a leading voice in advocating for women’s rights, particularly at the ballot box.... » Read More
News-Register: Applegate left imprint on Oregon’s history
Elected to Oregon’s pre-statehood provisional government in 1845, Jesse Applegate helped write some of Oregon’s first laws. But it was the issue of slavery where he made perhaps his biggest contribution to shaping the future Oregon.
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A New History of Three Nearly Forgotten Oregonians: Abigail Scott Duniway, Richard Neuberger, Jesse Applegate
What made Applegate, Duniway and Neuberger “eminent” was they knew they had to convince their fellow Oregonians of ideas most did not yet believe. Book Review by Matt Buckingham Willamette Week November 03, 2021 at 5:30 am PDT Six years before a young John F. Kennedy... » Read More
Fort George Brewery will host discussion on ‘Eminent Oregonians’ Wednesday
ASTORIA — Fort George Brewery will host an in-person discussion of the recently released book, “Eminent Oregonians” Wednesday evening. The event is scheduled to take place in the Lovell Showroom. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the event will begin at 7 p.m. The book focuses... » Read More
The Oregonian: New historic plaque honors legacy of formerly enslaved couple who helped found Benton County
By Peter Sleeth and R. Gregory Nokes | For The Oregonian/OregonLive A tribute to Reuben Shipley, who was brought across the Oregon Trail as an enslaved man in 1853, but wound up a well-to-do farmer and founding citizen of Benton County, will be unveiled this weekend... » Read More
New book tells the stories of 3 Oregonians considered iconoclasts in their times
By Amy Wang, The Oregonian/Oregon Live — Jesse Applegate, a white 19th-century emigrant to Oregon, worked to keep slavery from becoming established in Oregon. Abigail Scott Duniway was a leading voice in advocating for women’s rights, particularly at the ballot box.... » Read More
News-Register: Applegate left imprint on Oregon’s history
Elected to Oregon’s pre-statehood provisional government in 1845, Jesse Applegate helped write some of Oregon’s first laws. But it was the issue of slavery where he made perhaps his biggest contribution to shaping the future Oregon.
» Read More
A New History of Three Nearly Forgotten Oregonians: Abigail Scott Duniway, Richard Neuberger, Jesse Applegate
What made Applegate, Duniway and Neuberger “eminent” was they knew they had to convince their fellow Oregonians of ideas most did not yet believe. Book Review by Matt Buckingham Willamette Week November 03, 2021 at 5:30 am PDT Six years before a young John F. Kennedy... » Read More