Donation Land Claim for Walker Family land in Forest Grove
Title
Donation Land Claim for Walker Family land in Forest Grove
Description
The certificate for Elkanah and Mary Richardson Walker's donation land claim in Forest Grove, Oregon. The Walkers were among the earliest immigrants from the United States to the Oregon Territory. After living as missionaries on Spokane lands, they arrived in the area that would later become Forest Grove in 1848. There, the family helped to found Pacific University. They gave some of the land that is described in this claim to Pacific University, forming a large part of its original campus.
Identifier
landclaim.jpg
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Type
Still Image