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