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The Champoeg State Heritage Area is the site of the Champoeg State Park Historic Archeological District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [5] [6] One of the important archeological finds at the site is the only mostly intact early homesite found so far on French Prairie. [7]
The National Register recognizes places of national, state, or local historic significance across the United States. [1] Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [ 2 ] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [ 3 ] and 120 of those are found partially or wholly in Marion County.
The state parks offer many outdoor recreation opportunities, such as overnight camping facilities, day hiking, fishing, boating, historic sites, astronomy, and scenic rest stops and viewpoints. Oregon State Parks celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2022 with events throughout the year.
The Pioneer Mothers Memorial Cabin Museum is located six miles from St. Paul, Oregon, United States within the Champoeg State Heritage Area.The cabin was built by the Oregon State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution and opened in 1931 to honor early pioneer mothers.
The Champoeg Meetings were the first attempts at formal governance by European-American and French Canadian pioneers in the Oregon Country on the Pacific Northwest coast of North America. Between 1841 and 1843, a series of public councils was held at Champoeg , a settlement on the French Prairie of the Willamette River valley in present-day ...
There was a tree dedicated in her memory at Champoeg State Park, [1] although at some point it was cut down. [4] A World War II Liberty Ship built in 1942 was named in her honor. Brown's great-granddaughter, Mary Strong Kinney, was an Oregon State Senator.
Museum at Champoeg State Park. At Newberg the river, which has been meandering north from Eugene, turns sharply east, passes under a pipeline bridge and, about 2 miles (3 km) later, under Oregon Route 219. It then receives Spring Brook from the left before reaching part of the Willamette Greenway on the left, and Champoeg State Park, on the right.
The Newell House Museum, also known as the Robert Newell House, is located in Champoeg, Oregon, United States. Built by Oregon politician Robert Newell in 1852, the house was acquired in 1952 by the Oregon State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. The house was reconstructed and opened as a museum in 1959. [1]