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    Champoeg Creek is a tributary, roughly 6 miles (9.7 km) long, of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. The creek is formed by the confluence...
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    Champoeg (/ʃæmˈpuːiː/ sham-POO-ee, historically /ʃæmˈpuːɛɡ/ sham-POO-eg) is a former town in the U.S. state of Oregon. Now a ghost town, it was an important...
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    Mission Creek is a tributary, roughly 9 miles (14 km) long, of Champoeg Creek in Marion County in the U.S. state of Oregon. The creek arises southwest...
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    miles (0.75 km2), all of it land. The city is near Mission Creek, a tributary of Champoeg Creek, which flows into the Willamette River. As of the census...
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    Corral Creek Middle Fork Corral Creek South Fork Corral Creek Ryan Creek Champoeg Creek Mission Creek Case Creek Murphy Creek East Fork Champoeg Creek West...
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    Greenway on the left, and Champoeg State Park, on the right. Champoeg Creek enters from the right at RM 45 (RK 72) and Ryan Creek from the right less than...
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    Multnomah Falls is a waterfall located on Multnomah Creek in the Columbia River Gorge, east of Troutdale, between Corbett and Dodson, Oregon, United States...
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    Establishing a land claim in Champoeg, he began removing brush and that summer set off a burn to clear debris. The Champoeg Fire got out of control and...
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    this period were likely phreatic (steam explosions). Josiah Parrish in Champoeg, Oregon witnessed Mount St. Helens in eruption on 22 November 1842. Ash...
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    (11.6 km) Canyon Trail/Trail of Ten Falls runs along the banks of Silver Creek and by ten waterfalls, from which the park received its name. Four of the...
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    Creek, and Cow Creek, the Cow Creek people were called Cow Creek Takelma, or The Cow Creek Band. Today, the Cow Creek Band of Upper Umpqua are represented...
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  • by the backwaters from the John Day Dam Celilo, flooded by Lake Celilo Champoeg, destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862 Copper, under Applegate Reservoir...
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    also: Battle of Evans Creek) Miners began prospecting for gold in the watershed, including a Bear Creek tributary called Jackson Creek, where they established...
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  • September 5, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013. "Pioneer Mothers Memorial Cabin, Champoeg (1931)". HPLO. Archived from the original on September 5, 2013. Retrieved...
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    later Creek town built with mounds and functioning as part of the Southeastern ceremonial complex. However, there were other traditional Creek "mother-towns"...
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    The Opal Creek Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Willamette National Forest in the U.S. state of Oregon, on the border of the Mount Hood...
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    are: Balch Creek, Rocking Chair Creek, Saltzman Creek, Doane Creek, and Miller Creek. Rocking Chair Creek is a tributary of Saltzman Creek. After leaving...
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    Starvation Creek Viento Vinzenz Lausmann Wyeth Wygant Willamette Valley Alderwood Bald Peak Blachly Mountain Forest Bowers Rock Cascadia Champoeg Detroit...
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    Champoeg." in 1850, Albert Alonzo Durham and his wife Miranda filed a Donation Land Claim on 640 acres that included the river landing and the creek ...
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    west bank of the Willamette River near the mouth of Chehalem Creek, opposite of Champoeg. Young's home is believed to be the first house built by European-Americans...
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    Warren Creek Falls was a waterfall located in Starvation Creek State Park at the north skirt of the Columbia River Gorge, in Hood River County in the...
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  • Pleasant M. Armstrong (category Champoeg Meetings)
    sailed to California to exchange for cattle, and voted at the May 2, 1843, Champoeg Meeting. Armstrong immigrated to the Oregon Country in 1840. In 1842, he...
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    The Tryon Creek State Natural Area is a state park located primarily in Portland, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the only Oregon state park within...
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    Starvation Creek has a small waterfall and a trailhead for hiking. Starvation Creek Waterfall Starvation Creek Cascade Upper Starvation Creek Falls Mosier...
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    Creek Inn State Heritage Site is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The Wolf Creek...
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    west bank of the Willamette River near the mouth of Chehalem Creek, opposite of Champoeg. Young's home is believed to be the first house built by European-Americans...
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    Catherine Creek State Park is a state park along Catherine Creek in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department...
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    Mission was elected supreme judge. Babcock chaired two meetings in 1842 at Champoeg, (halfway between Lee's mission and Oregon City), to discuss wolves and...
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    (43 km) of Eagle Creek from its output at Eagle Lake in the wilderness to the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest boundary at Skull Creek are designated Wild...
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    The Bridal Veil Falls is a waterfall located on Bridal Veil Creek along the Columbia River Gorge in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. The waterfall...
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