In 1829, Dr. John McLoughlin, chief factor of the Hudsons Bay Company Columbia Department, had two small cabins constructed on an island in Willamette Falls. The Kalapuya Indians promptly burned them, but a claim had been made and the roots planted for the oldest city in the Oregon Territory. Incorporated for over 160 years as Oregon City, McLoughlins city at Willamette Falls has served as the political capital of an independent Oregon Country and the first capital of the Oregon Territory. Considered the oldest industrial site in the West, with saw, flour, paper, and woolen mills, Oregon City...
In 1829, Dr. John McLoughlin, chief factor of the Hudsons Bay Company Columbia Department, had two small cabins constructed on an island in Willamette...
