“Wilsonville History Pub: Myths and Milestones"| September 24, 2019 

City of Wilsonville's YouTube: Charlotte Lehan and Greg Lego take a deep dive into Wilsonville's rich history at McMenamin's Old Church & Pub. 

Lehan Lecture #:1 A Brief History of Wilsonville's Origins | March 2, 2023 

City of Wilsonville YouTube:  Former Wilsonville mayor and City Councilor Charlotte Lehan, a Wilsonville native, is recording a four-part lecture series that sheds light on some of the more significant developments in the City's history. Part 1 starts more than 15,000 years ago with the Missoula Floods, and later focuses on how transportation -- on the Willamette River, via railroad, after Interstate 5 -- has shaped the City's current makeup.

Lehan Lecture #2: Villebois and the Controversial Siting of Coffee Creek Prison | February 22, 2023

City of Wilsonville YouTube: Part 2 focuses on the City's battle with the State of Oregon in the 1990s about what do with the land that was once the site of Dammasch State Hospital. The state sought the site for the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, while the City valued the land (now Villebois) for residential development.

Lehan Lecture #3: Tapping an unlikely source - the Willamette River | March 27, 2023 

City of Wilsonville YouTube: Part 3 focuses on how Wilsonville, In the mid-1990s, had insufficient water supply to meet new demand, and came to solve the problem by tapping the Willamette River, and why that decision was controversial.

Lehan Lecture #4: A History of Preservation - Trees, Trails and the Graham Oaks Nature Park | April 17, 2023 

City of Wilsonville YouTube: Charlotte Lehan's desire to preserve the land that is now Graham Oaks Nature Park is the singular cause that brought her into local politics, quite reluctantly. Learn about that effort, and other efforts to preserve and recognize some of the City's more significant trees.

From Boone to Boom Town: The History of Wilsonville | April 28, 2015

WFMC Studio Vimeo: Mick Scott at Wilsonville History Night, McMenamins Old Church & Pub. The event was Co-Sponsored by the Wilsonville Public Library, Wilsonville-Boones Ferry Historical Society and McMenamins. note: The history of Wilsonville is best seen through the pictures of the Emery and Alice Aden Digital Image Collection made available from the Wilsonville-Boones Ferry Historical Society's photographic collection. Generous donations helped support this project, including a substantial gift from the Aden family of time, work and funds. This project was coordinated by the Wilsonville-Boones Ferry Historical Society and the Wilsonville Public Library. View the digital photo collections at the City of Wilsonville Link below.

Wilsonville Boones Ferry Historical Society | https://www.wilsonvillelibrary.org/lib/page/wilsonville-boones-ferry-historical-society

Pleasant View Cemetery | http://pleasantviewcemetery.org/

>> City of Wilsonville - History | https://ci.wilsonville.or.us/residents/page/history-wilsonville

>> Explore Wilsonville | https://explorewilsonville.com/wandering-through-wilsonvilles-history/

>> Wilsonville Area Chamber of Commerce History of Wilsonville | https://wilsonvillechamber.com/relocation/history/

>> West Linn Wilsonville School District (history on each school's individual page) | https://www.wlwv.k12.or.us/domain/87

Wilsonville Public Library |  https://www.wilsonvillelibrary.org/lib

Aurora Community Cemetery | https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/38555/memorial-search cemeteryName=Aurora%20Community%20Cemetery&page=1#sr-113528625

Old Aurora Colony Museum | https://www.auroracolony.org/

Walk with Emma - a digital tour of Aurora | https://www.auroracolony.org/walkwithemma

Aurora History from City of Aurora | https://www.ci.aurora.or.us/community/page/history

Aurora Community - Oregon History Project | https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/view-of-the-aurora-colony/

Aurora - Oregon Encylopedia | https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/aurora/

French Prairie History | https://friendsoffrenchprairie.org/area-history/

Sherwood Historical Society and Heritage Center | https://sherwoodhistoricalsociety.blogspot.com/

Washington County Records > Cartography & Property Ownership | https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/at/cartography

Washington County Records > Document Requests | https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/at/recording/copies-documents

Sherwood Public Library | https://www.sherwoodoregon.gov/library

Pleasant View Cemetery | http://www.pleasantviewcemetery.org

Middleton Pioneer Cemetery | https://www.facebook.com/middletoncemetery

Gibbs Pioneer Cemetery: https://www.gibbscemetery.com/ & https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/38824/gibbs-cemetery

Maple Lane Cemetery | 

Clackamas County Historical Society | https://clackamashistory.org/

+ Museum of the Oregon Territory | https://clackamashistory.org/museumoftheoregonterritory

+ The Stevens-Crawford Heritage House | https://clackamashistory.org/schh

Clackamas County Family Historical Society | https://www.clackamasfamilyhistory.com/

+ Wilmer Gardner Research Library 

End of the Oregon Trail interpretative Center | https://historicoregoncity.org/

Ermatinger House | https://www.orcity.org/1405/Ermatinger-House

Mcloughlin House | http://www.mcloughlinhouse.org/

Oregon City Historic Resources | https://www.orcity.org/391/Historic-Resources

Brief History of Oregon City | https://www.orcity.org/803/Brief-History-of-Oregon-City\

Oregon City History - Oregon Encyclopedia | https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/oregon-city/

Clackamas County Timeline | http://www.usgennet.org/usa/or/county/clackamas/timeline3.html

Clackamas County 101 | https://youtu.be/ohwh60joZNY

Clackamas County History - Secretatry of State | https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/county/Pages/clackamas-history.aspx

Oregon CIty & Willamette Falls | https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/oregon-city-and-willamette-falls/

Oregon City Public Library | https://www.orcity.org/159/Library

Lake Oswego Preservation Society | https://lakeoswegopreservationsociety.org/

Oswego Heritage Council | https://www.oswegoheritage.org/

Lake Oswego History - Oregon Encyclopedia | https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/lake_oswego/

A brief history of Lake Oswego | https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/library/brief-history-our-city

Lake Oswego Landmarks | https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/boc_hrab

Oswego Pioneer Cemetery | https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1665183/oswego-pioneer-cemetery

Lake Oswego Public Library | https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/library

Books:

Images of America: Lake Oswego by: Laura O. Foster.Arcadia Publishing, 2009

Tualatin Historical Society | www.tualatinhistory.org

Tualatin Mastodon | www.tualatinoregon.gov/library/tualatins-mastodon 

Tualatin Mastodon as a New Species | Tualatin Life Article

City of Tualatin | Oregon Encyclopedia

Tualatin Valley History | Explore Tualatin Valley

The Tualatin Plains History Revealed | Tualatin Valley Tales

Archaeology Definition: the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains. 

Oregon Archaeological Society  | https://www.oregonarchaeological.org/ 

Archaeology | Museum of Natural and Cultural History 

University of Oregon Department of Anthropology | https://anthropology.uoregon.edu

Oregon State University (OSU) Department of Anthropology | www.orst.edu/dept/anthropology

Portland State University Department of Anthropology | https://www.pdx.edu/anthropology/home 

Mounds of the Tualatin-Yamhill Kalapuyan Area  | The Quartux Journal

Pyroculture Adaptation Late Archaic Period | Oregon‑Archaeology

Chinese Miners Along the Middle Fork of the John Day River | Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project  

Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals | https://ricenorthwestmuseum.org/

6 Things Archaeologists Discovered in Oregon That Will Astound You | Only in Your State

Field site shows evidence of humans in Oregon 18,000 years ago | Around the O University of Oregon

City of Salem Historic & Cultural Resources | Archaeological compliance program

Salem Pioneer Cemetery Chinese Shrine Project | City of Salem

Chinese Shrine rediscovered, again, at Salem's Pioneer Cemetery | Statesman Journal

The Chinese Shrine at Salem Pioneer Cemetery - A Case Study| The public history of cemeteries

Other Archaeology Resources:

Trowelblazers | https://trowelblazers.com/

Books:

Oregon Archaeology by Melvin C. Aikens, Thomas J Connolly, Dennis L Jenkins. Oregon State University Press, 2011 

Archaeology for Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past  by Richard Panchyk. Chicago Review Press, 2001

Tualatin peoples | Oregon Encyclopedia

Kalapyuyan peoples | Oregon Encylopedia

Kalaouyan Tribal History | The Quartux Journal

Kalapuyan Tribal History | The Quartux Journal

Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde | https://www.grandronde.org/

Native Lands & Reservations, Maps | Oregon History Project

The First Peoples | Oregon History Project

Books:

Sources of Oregon Native History | The Quartux Journal

Oregon Land Survey 1851-1855 | Oregon Encyclopedia

Willamette Stone and Willamette Meridian | Oregon Encyclopedia

Oregon Donation Land Law | Oregon Encyclopedia

Surveyed Portion of the Oregon Territory, 1852 | Oregon History Project

Oregon Historical Society Digital Collections | Oregon Maps

Donation Land Claim Act, spur to America settlement of Oregon Territory, Takes effect on September 27, 1850 | History Link

Wooden Beams and Railroad Ties: The History of Oregon's Built Environment | Oregon History Project

Origin Point | Hidden Hydrology

The Public Land Survey System | Hidden Hydrology

Understanding the Public Land Survey System | YouTube

History of Land Surveying: The Americas | YouTube

History of Land Surveying: Compass and Chain | YouTube

Surveying the Land in the 1800's | YouTube

Public Land Corners | Clackamas County

Formation of the Oregon Territory | National Park Service

Maps:

Map of the Oregon Territory | Library of Congress

General Land Office Records | Bureau of Land Management

Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center | Boston Public Library

Books:

Chaining Oregon: Surveying the Public Lands of the Pacific Northwest, 1851-1855 by Kay Atwood | Google Book

A History of the Rectangular Survey System by US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | Google Book

A History of the United Stated General Land Office in Oregon by Champ Clark Vaughan

Historic Linn City |  https://www.westlinnhistory.org/history/linn-city

West Linn Historic Society | https://www.westlinnhistory.org

The Willamette Meteorite: https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/the-universe/planets/planetary-impacts/willamette-meteorite

http://willamettemeteorite.com/

>> City of West Linn - History | https://westlinnoregon.gov/communications/history

>> Historic Willamette Main Street | https://www.historicwillamette.com/

West Linn Public Library | https://westlinnoregon.gov/library

Books

Images of America: West Linn by Cornelia Becker Seigneur. Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2009

Bosky Dell by: Alison Miller Wallis. Salem Printing & Blueprint; Second edition, 2011

Friend's of Historic Butteville | https://www.butteville.org/

Butteville Historic Photos | https://www.butteville.org/historic_structures.html

Butteville School | https://www.butteville.org/butteville_school.html

Butteville Store | https://www.butteville.org/butteville_store.html

Butteville Store is the Oldest Operating Store in Retail History | August 17, 2022 | KGW News YouTube

Butteville History | https://www.willametteheritage.org/butteville/

Butteville | https://friendsoffrenchprairie.org/area-history/historic-sites/butteville/

Friends of Historic Butteville | https://schwemmfamilyfoundation.org/blog/2020/12/29/friends-of-historic-butteville

Champoeg State Heritage Area | https://stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do=park.profile&parkId=79

+ Champoeg State Park Visitors Center - self guided museum, group tours available.

+ Manson Barn and Farmstead (behind the Visitor's Center)  1860's style garden & barn

+ Pioneer Memorial Building pavilion and plaza on the banks of the Willamette River marks the site of the famous 1843 vote that formed the first Oregon government

Newell Pioneer Village Museum | https://newellpioneervillage.com/

+ The Robert Newell House

+ The Pioneer Mothers Memorial Cabin

+ Butteville Academy and Jail

Canby Historical Society | https://www.canbyhistoricalsociety.org/

+ Depot Museum

Baker Prairie & Canby History | https://www.canbyoregon.gov/community/page/history

Carus Historic School House | https://www.carushistoricschoolhouse.org/

Canby Public Library | https://www.canbyoregon.gov/library

Willamette River - Oregon Encyclopedia | https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/willamette_river/

Willamette River History | https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bes/article/231478

Willamette Falls & Landings Heritage Area Coalition | https://www.wflha.org/

Willamette Riverkeeper | https://willamette-riverkeeper.org/

Willamette River Water Trail | https://willamettewatertrail.org/

Willamette River Greenway | https://willamette-riverkeeper.org/willamette-river-greenway

Geologic History of Willamette River Basin | PDF download 

Oregon Historic Cemeteries Program | https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/Historic-Cemeteries-Program.aspx

Clackamas County Heritage Council | https://clackamasheritage.org/heritage-pass/

Oregon Cultural Trust | https://www.culturaltrust.org/

Clackamas County Inventories & Landmarks | https://www.clackamas.us/planning/landmark.html

Clackamas County Historic Review Board | https://www.clackamas.us/planning/reviewboard

Restore Oregon | https://restoreoregon.org/

Oregon Historic Sites Database | https://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/

Oregon Heritage State Historic Preservation Office | https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/default.aspx

National Register of Historic Places | Link here (it's really long)

Oregon Heritage Exchange | https://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/

Heritage Designations | https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/Heritage-Designations.aspx

Heritage Engagement Tools | https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/tools.aspx

State Historic Preservation Offices Register | https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/state-historic-preservation-offices.htm

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation | https://www.achp.gov/

[Grants] Historic Funding | https://historicfunding.com/

[Grants] National Trust for Historic Preservation  (Grant Programs)| https://savingplaces.org/

[Grants] DAR Historic Preservation Grants | https://www.dar.org/national-society/dar-historic-preservation-grants