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Molalla was named after the Molalla River, which in turn was named for the Molala, a Native American tribe that inhabited the area. William H. Vaughan took up a donation land claim in the area in 1844. Molalla post office was established in 1850, near the site of Liberal, and was discontinued in 1851. The post office was reestablished in 1868 ...
It is a member of the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, bordering Portland, Clackamas, Damascus, Pleasant Valley, and Sunnyside. Mount Scott, an extinct volcano that is part of the Boring Lava Field, is the highest point in Happy Valley at 1,050 feet (320 m). [citation needed] Scouters Mountain is also a prominent feature.
It lies on Oregon Route 213 between Mulino and Molalla. The community of Liberal grew up three miles south of Mulino on the south side of the Molalla River . The Liberal crossroads is located at the mutual corners of the donation land claims established in the 1840s by Harrison Wright, [ 2 ] William Russell, W. D. Woodcock, James Barnard and ...
Molalla Prairie is an unincorporated community of approximately 3,500 residents in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.The community is located south of Molalla.. In June 2009, 178 residents of the area signed petitions calling for a vote on forming a hamlet, hoping it would give the area more political clout on issues such as opposition to a natural gas pipeline through the area and ...
Clackamas County is the first county in Oregon to have four models of governance for its communities. Like the rest of Oregon, it has cities (which are formally incorporated ) and rural communities (some of which for federal purposes are considered census-designated places ).
The Molalla Log House, or the David Fox Granary, is a historic log cabin originally located in Molalla, Oregon. It represents perhaps the oldest extant building in Oregon if not the Pacific Northwest , built c. 1790 .
In 1852, Horace, Julia, their three children, along with members of the Sturges family, traveled overland to Oregon and settled in the Needy area of the Willamette Valley. While riding out looking for lost cattle, Horace came upon a knoll covered with apple trees not far from the four corners of what is now Molalla.
Pages in category "People from Molalla, Oregon" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Roger Beyer; C.