Pioneer Churches

Bibliography

General References:
G1. Illustrated Historical Atlas Map, Marion and Linn Counties, Edgar Williams & Co., San Francisco, 1878.  Reprinted in 1976 and 1981 by Marion County Historical Society and Friends of Historic Albany.
G2. Mullen, Floyd C., The Land of Linn, Albany, Oregon, 1971.
G3. McCarthur, Lewis A., Oregon Geographic Names, Sixth Edition, Oregon Historical Society Press, Portland, Oregon, 1992.
G4. Carey, Margaret Standish & Hainline, Patricia Hoy, Shedd, Brownsville, OR, 1977
G5. Carey, Margaret Standish & Hainline, Patricia Hoy, Brownsville, Brownsville, OR, 1976.
G6. Carey, Margaret Standish & Hainline, Patricia Hoy, Sweet Home, Brownsville, OR.
G7. Condit, Elbert N.  Historical sketch of the Presbytery of Oregon, 1851-1888.  Portland, Ore.: 1888.
G8. Corning, Howard McKinley.  Dictionary of Oregon History.  Portland, Ore.: Binfords & Mort, 1956.
G9. Corning, Howard McKinley.  Willamette Landings.  Portland, Ore.: Binfords & Mort, 1973.
G10. Down, Robert H.  Churches in the Willamette Valley.  Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1927.
G11. Florin, Lambert.  Historic Western Churches.  Seattle, Wash.: Superior Publishing Company, 1969.
G12. Mattoon, Charles H.  Baptist Annals of Oregon.  McMinnville, Ore.: 1905.
G13. Nichols, M. Leona.  Joab Powell:  Homespun Missionary.  Portland,Ore.:  Metropolitan Press, 1935.
G14. O'Hara, Edwin V.  Catholic History of Oregon.  3rd ed. Portland, Ore.:  Catholic Book Company, 1925.
G15. Yarnes, Thomas D.  A History of Oregon Methodism. (n.p.) 1959.
Church History: 
1. Carey, Margaret Standish & Hainline, Patricia Hoy, Halsey, Brownsville, OR, 1977, p. 57.
2. Ibid, pp.57-58.
3. Ibid, p. 59.
4. Ibid, p. 60
5. Yesterday and Today In The First Methodist Church 1850-1950, Lebanon, Oregon,1950, pp. 7-13.
6. Potts, Richard, Remembering When IV, A Photo Collection of Historic Albany, Oregon. Albany, Oregon, 1994, frontispiece.
7. Potts, Richard, Remembering When II, A Photo Collection of Historic Albany, Oregon. Albany, Oregon, 1991, frontispiece.
8. Potts, Richard, Remembering When V, A Photo Collection of Historic Albany, Oregon. Albany, Oregon, 1999, frontispiece.
9. Freeman, Olga Samuelson, A Guide to Early Oregon Churches, Eugene, Oregon, 1976, pp. 65-65.
10. Freeman, Olga Samuelson, A Guide to Early Oregon Churches, Eugene, Oregon, 1976, pp. 50-52.
11. Powell, Lenore, Oregon Historic Landmarks, Oregon Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Portland, Oregon, 1963, p. 52.
12. Tweedt, Bess, Historic Harrisburg -- A Little Town on the Willamette River, Harrisburg, Oregon, 1994.
13. Milligan, Richard R. (compiler)  Linn County, Oregon Pioneer Settlers: Their Fir Wood Churches and Church Histories. Albany, Ore: 1983.  From the writings of Leslie Haskin, Workers of the Writers' Program of the WPA and the Linn Co. Pioneer Memorial Association.
History of Linn County -- WPA
The following references are listed as they appeared in "History of Linn County -- compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Oregon".  Remember that this work was published more than 50 years ago -- these materials may or may not be available currently.

1.   

Ross, Alexander, Adventures on the Columbia River. pp. 234.35. Smith, Elder & Co., 65 Cornhill London, 1849.

2.   

Ogden, Peter Skene, “Journals, Snake Expedition. 1825.26”, Oregon Historical Quarterly, X, 364.

3.   

Douglas, David, Journal, 1823-1827 During his travels in North America. pp. 59, 69, 237. William Wesley & Sons, London, 1914.

4.   

Clark, Robert Canton, History of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. pp. 42, 62, 68. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1927.

5.   

Interview with Andrew Warren Kirk, son of Riley Kirk, and grandson of Alexander Kirk, Brownsville.

6.   

Holman, Frederick V., “History of the Counties of Oregon,” Oregon Historical Quarterly, XI, 1-81.

7.   

Local Laws of 1850.51. p. 33.

8.   

McArthur, Lewis A., Oregon Geographic Names.

9.   

Records, Oregon Historical Library, Portland.

10.   

“Biographical Sketches”, Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of Marion and Linn Counties, Edgar Williams & Co., San Francisco. 1878.

11.   

Albany Democrat-Herald, November, 1925, Section 2, P. 16 (60th Anniversary Number).

12.   

Hines, Rev. H. K., “Biographical Section”, Illustrated History of the State of Oregon, Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1893.

13.   

Interview with Miss Emma Smeed.

14.   

U. S. Census for Oregon 1850.

15.   

Oregon Pioneer Transactions, 1875, p. 50.

16.   

Interview with Leander Kirk of Walla Walla, Wash.

17.   

Scott, Leslie M., “First Taxpayers in Oregon, 1844”, Oregon Historical Quarterly, XXXI, 16.

18.   

Document, Oregon Historical Library, Portland.

19.   

Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Chapman Publishing Company, Chicago, 1903.

20.   

Oregonian, December 4, 1907.

21.   

Oregon Spectator, May 13, 1847.

22.   

Ibid. June 10, 1847

23.   

Ibid, July 27, 1848.

24.   

Scott, Harvey W., History of the Oregon Country, II, 241.

25.   

Lockley, Fred, Oregon Journal, May 23, 1915.

26.   

Records, Oregon Historical Library, Portland.

27.   

Interview with Mrs. J. B. Burkhart of Albany, Oregon.

28.   

Lang, H. O., History of the Willamette Valley, p. 636.

29.   

Douglas Jesse Steiwer, “Syracuse and Santiam City, 1845.61”, Oregon Historical Quarterly, XXXII, 202-10.

30.   

Oregon Spectator, February 24, 1848.

31.   

Ibid, December 13, 1849.

32.   

Ibid, February 13, 1851.

33.   

Records, Commissioners Court, Marion County (Vol. 1. p. 15).

34.   

Oregon Spectator May 27, 1847.

35.   

Stewart, C. H., “The Old Emigrant Trail”, Albany Sunday Democrat, November 14, 1920.

36.   

Crawford, P. V., “Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of the Willamette Valley”, Oregon Pioneer Transactions, 1895, pp. 107-109.

37.   

Goodall, Geo. 0., “The Upper Calapooia”, Oregon Historical Quarterly, IV, 70.77.

38.   

For a fuller account of Delazon Smith’s many political and editorial activities, see Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, Oregon, pp. 920-21, Chicago, Chapman Publishing Company, 1903.

39.   

Wright, George William, LL. B., “The Origin of the Prehistoric Mounds of Oregon”, Oregon Historical Quarterly, XXIII, 90-91.

40.   

Fuller, Victor Francis, The Early Indian Wars of Oregon, Frank C. Baker, State Printer, Salem, Oregon, 1894.

41.   

Oregon Spectator April 20, 1848.

42.   

Oregon Spectator, May 4, 1848.

43.   

Oregon Journal, January 26, 1914.

44.   

“Matters in Linn County”, Oregon Spectator, February 3, 1852, p. 2, C6.

45.   

Interview with Mrs. Eliza (Finley) Brandon, H. R. S.

46.   

Scott, Harvey W., History Of The Oregon Country, Vol. II, p. 197.

47.   

“Linn County”, Resources Of Oregon And Washington, Portland Publishing Company, June, 1880, p. 19

48.   

Oregonian, January 30, 1913.

49.   

History of The Pacific Northwest, Pacific History Company, Portland, Oregon, 1889, Vol. II, p. 227.

50.   

Oregon Spectator, December 24, 1853, p. 3, C2.

51.   

Interview with W.C. (Curran) Cooley, H.R.S.

52.   

Oregon Spectator, June 27, 1850, P. 2, C4.

53.   

McArthur, Lewis A., Oregon Geographic Names.

54.   

Record, March 8, 1864, Office of County Clerk.

55.   

Lomax, Alfred L., “Woolen Mills of Brownsville, 1860.89”, Oregon Historical Quarterly, Vol. XXXI pp 136-147.

56.   

Scott, Harvey W., History of The Oregon Country, Vol. V, p. 280.

57.   

Oregonian, November 24, 1904.

58.   

“History of Linn County-Albany", Illustated Historical William & Company, San Francisco, 1878, pp. 26-26A.

59.   

Bancroft, Hubert, History of Oregon, Vol. II, p. 716.

60.   

Oregon, Laws of 1854, p. 27.

61.   

Western Star, Milwaukie, Oregon, November 28, 1850, p. 3, C2.

62.   

Wright, E.W., Ed. Lewis & Dryden, Marine History Of The Pacific Northwest, Lewis & Dryden Printing Co. Portland, Oregon, 1895, p. 34.

63.   

Oregon Spectator, October 14, 1851, p. 2, C1.

64.   

Oregon Spectator; January 13, 1852, p. 2, C4.

65.   

Oregon Spectator; February 3, 1852, p. 2, C6.

66.   

Mercer, A. S., Material Resources of Linn County, Albany, 1875, pp. 58-65.

67.   

Interview with Miss Emma Smead, Albany, H.R.S.

68.   

Interview with Mrs. Charlotta (Monteith) Pipe, daughter of Thomas Monteith, Albany, H.R.S.

69.   

Items from various Monteith family records, H.R.S.

70.   

Interview with Anna M. Althouse, Albany, H.R.S.

71.   

Scott, Harvey W., History of the Oregon Country, Vol II, p. 207.

72.   

“History of Linn County - Lebanon”, Illustrated Historical Atlas Map, Marion And Linn Counties. Edgar Williams & Company, San Francisco, Cal., 1878. pp. 26½. 26 3/4.

73.   

McArthur, Lewis A., Oregon Geographic Names.

74.   

“Lebanon”, Resources of Oregon and Washington, Portland Publishing Co., June, 1880, p. 29.

75.   

Interview with Mrs. Maud Ralston Kirkpatrick, Lebanon, H.R.S.

76.   

Lebanon Express, May 12, 1914.

77.   

Carey, Charles H., Illustrated History of Oregon, Vol. II, p. 562.

78.   

Oregon Historical Quarterly, “Necrology” (From Oregonian, June 27, 1926, Magazine Section.)

79.   

Oregon Spectator; April 20, 1848.

80.   

“Biographical Section”, Illustrated Historical Atlas Map, Marion and Linn Counties, Edgar Williams & Co. San Francisco, 1878.

81.   

“List of P.O. In Oregon”, Oregonian, March 26, 1853.

82.   

Oregon Spectator, June 27, 1850.

83.   

Oregonian, March 26, 1853.

84.   

Oregonian, February 6, 1861.

85.   

Polk, R. L., Gazetteer For Oregon And Washington, 1886.

86.   

Oregon Blue Book, 1939.40, pp. 246.48.

87.   

Interview with Mrs. Bertha Bowen, H.R.S.

88.   

“History of Linn County . Scio”, Illustrated Historical Atlas Map, Marion and Linn Counties, Edgar Williams & Company, San Francisco, 1878, pp 26-26½.

89.   

Interview with O.B. Cyrus of Scio, H.R.S.

90.   

Polk, R. L., Gazetteer for Oregon, Washington & Idaho, 1866 and onward.

91.   

McKenney’s Pacific Coast Directory, 1880-81.

92.   

Polk, R. L., Gazetteer for Oregon, Washington & Idaho, 1886-87.

93.   

Polk, R. L., Grazetteer for Oregon, Washington & Idaho, 1891-92.

94.   

McArthur, Lewis A., Oregon Geographic Names, p. 313.

95.   

Shelton, Riley, “Manuscripts”, H.R.S.

96.   

Scio Tribune, March 16, 1939.

97.   

“Halsey”, Resources of Oregon and Washington, Portland Publishing Co., June, 1880, p. 23.

98.   

“History of Linn County - Halsey”, Illustrated Historical Atlas Map, Marion and Linn Counties, Edgar William & Company, San Francisco, Cal., 1878, pp. 26-26A.

99.   

McKenney’s Pacific Coast Directory, 1880-81.

100.   

Polk, R. L., Gazetteer for Oregon, Washington & Idaho, 1886-87.

101.   

“History of Linn County - Harrisburg”, Illustrated Historical Atlas Map, Marion and Linn Counties, Edgar Williams & Company, 1878.

102.   

“Harrisburg”, Resources of Oregon and Washington, Portland Publishing Company, June, 1880, p. 23.

103.   

Interview with Thomas Summerville, Harrisburg, H.R.S.

104.   

State Rights Democrat, February 16, 1872.

105.   

Scott, Harvey W., History of the Oregon Country, Vol. IV, p. 248.

106   

“Willamette Landings”, Records, H.R.S.

107.   

Scott, Harvey W., History of the Oregon Country, Vol. II, p. 283.

108.   

Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, Illustrated, Chapman Publishing Company, Chicago, 1903, p. 519.

109.   

Oregonian, December 10, 1906.

110.   

Gaston, Joseph, Portland, Its History and Builders, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago and Portland, 1911, Vol. III, p. 85.

111.   

Lockley, Fred, The Fact ls, . Vol. I, p. 131. (Typewritten. Portland Public Library.)

112.   

Interview with Jerry Coyle, grandson of Reuben Coyle, Sodaville. H.R.S.

113.   

Interview with A. H. Parrish, grandson of Thomas Summers, Sodaville. H.R.S.

114.   

“Sodaville”, Resources of Oregon and Washington, Portland Publishing Company, June, 1880, p. 1-33.

115.   

Sodaville City Records.

116.   

“Soda Springs”, Illustrated Historical Atlas Map, Marion and Linn Counties. Edgar Williams & Company, San Francisco, Cal., 1878, pp. 26-26A.

117.   

Band Record Books in possession of A. H. Parrish, Sodaville.

118.   

Lebanon Express, June 5, 1890.

119.   

Interview with Ida Parrish Ireland, Sodaville, H.R.S.

120.   

Stannard, Everett Earl, “Article”, Albany Sunday Democrat, January 29, 1922.

121.   

Interview with James Vawter Crawford and his mother, Mary F. Cowgill (Crawford) Coon, Crawfordsville, H.R.S.

122.   

Interview with John Glass of Crawfordsville. H.R.S.

123.   

“History of Linn County - Crawfordsville”, Illustrated Historical Atlas Map, Marion and Linn Counties, Edgar Williams & Company, San Francisco, Cal., 1878, pp. 26-26A.

124.   

“Crawfordsville”, Resources of Oregon and Washington, Portland Publishing Company, June, 1880, pp. 1-30.

125.   

Interview with Mrs. Jack Keeney, nee Zella Ames, Sweet Home, H.R.S.

126.   

McArthur, Lewis A., Oregon Geographic Names.

127.   

Polk, R. L., Gazetteer for Oregon, Washington and Idaho, 1886.87.

128.   

McArthur, Lewis A., Oregon Geographic Names, p. 380.

129.   

Interview with Mrs. Nettie R. Glass. H.R.S.

130.   

McKenney’s Pacific Coast Directory, 1880.81.

131.   

Interview with George Minshall Knox of Albany. H.R.S.

132.   

Interview with Albert G. Waggoner of the Luther White Community.

133.   

Lang, O. H., History of Willamette Valley, p. 631.

134.   

“Biographical Section”, Illustrated Historical Atlas Map, Marion and Linn Counties, Edgar Williams & Co. San Francisco, Cal., 1878.

135.   

“Biographical Section”, Illustrated Historical Atlas Map, Marion and Linn Counties, Edgar Williams & Co. San Francisco, Cal., 1878.

136.   

McArthur, Lewis A., Oregon Geographic Names.

137.   

“History of Linn County . Peoria”, Illustrated Historical Atlas Map, Marion and Linn Counties, Edgar William & Company, San Francisco, Cal., 1878.

138.   

Mercer, A.S., Material Resources of Linn County, 1875.

139.   

McKenney ‘s Pacific Coast Directory, 1880-81.

140.   

Rand McNally Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide, 1941, Rand McNally & Co., New York, Chicago & San Francisco.

141.   

McArthur, Lewis A., Oregon Geographic Names, p. 5.

142.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer for 1886.

143.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer for 1903-04.

144.   

Lewis, A. McArthur, Oregon Geographical Names, p. 28.

145.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer for 1903-04.

146.   

Lewis, A. McArthur, Oregon Geographical Names, p. 133.

147.   

Oregon Almanac for 1915. p. 209.

148.   

Rand McNally Atlas, 1941.

149.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer for 1891-92.

150.   

Lewis, A. McArthur, Oregon Geographical Names p. 164.

151.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington&Idaho Gazetteer, for 1903-04.

152.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer for 1903-04.

153.   

Lewis A. McArthur, Oregon Geographic Names, p. 190.

154.   

Polk, R. L. & Co. Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer of 1889-90 and 1903-04.

155.   

Lewis A. McArthur, Oregon Geographic Names, p. 208.

156.   

Polk, R.L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer for 1889-90 and 1903-04.

157.   

Lewis A. McArthur, Oregon Geographic Names, p. 225.

158.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer for 1891-92 and 1903-04.

159.   

Lewis A. McArthur, Oregon Geographic Names, p. 318.

160.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer for 1903-04.

161.   

Lewis A. McArthur, Oregon Geographic Names, p. 344.

162.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer, 1886-1912.

163.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer, 1886-1912.

164.   

Rand McNally Atlas, 1941.

165.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer, 1889.1912.

166.   

Willamette Landings, Oregon Writer’s Project.

167.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho, 1886.

168.   

Lewis A. McArthur, Oregon Geographic Names, p. 281.

169.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer, 1889-1912.

170.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer, 1889-1912.

171.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer, 1889-1912.

172.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer, 1889-1912.

173.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer, 1889-1925.

174.   

Lewis A. McArthur, Oregon Geographic Names, p. 344.

175.   

Polk, R. L. & Co., Oregon, Washington & Idaho Gazetteer, 1889-1925.

176.   

Lewis A. McArthur, Oregon Geographic Names, p. 351.

177.   

“History of Linn County - Orleans”, Illustrated Historical Atlas Map, Marion and Linn Counties, Edgar Williams & Company, San Francisco, Cal., 1878.

178.   

Corvallis Times, January 31, 1903.

179.   

Albany Sunday Democrat, February 5, 1922, p. 8.

180.   

Long, H., Ed., History of the Willamette Valley, Portland, Oregon, George H. Himes, 1885.

181.   

“Records” Union Point Church, H.R.S.

182.   

Oregon Journal, Magazine Section, p. 4, October 28, 1928.

183.   

Oregon Statesman, Oregon City, March 19, 1851.

184.   

Oregonian, February 6, 1861.

185.   

Interview with Cornelius Shedd of Shedd, Oregon, H.R.S.

186.   

Interview with T. B. Springer, Shedd, Oregon, H.R.S.

187.   

Interview with Mr. Thompson, owner today of the old Boston Mill. H. R. S.

188.   

Interview with E. D. Farwell, pioneer of Boston. H.R.S.

189.   

Interview with Mrs. Mary Brock Arnold, H.R.S.

190.   

Interview with Mrs. Eliza Finley Brandon, daughter of R.C. Finley. H.R.S.

191.   

Lewis A. McArthur, Oregon Geographic Names.

192.   

“Original Document”, Provisional Government of Oregon Territory, (at Oregon Historical Society, Portland)

193.   

Stewart, C. H., “Sketch”, Albany Democrat HeraId, November 24, 1925.

194.   

“Original Document”, Territorial Government of Oregon Territory, (at Oregon Historical Society, Portland)

195.   

“Original Document”, Territorial Government of Oregon Territory, (at Oregon Historical Society, Portland.

196.   

Record of Proceedings of Linn County Court, Vol. 1, p. 1.

197.   

Albany Democrat Herald, November 24, 1925, p. 15.

198.   

Oregon Spectator, May 13, 1847.

199.   

Oregon Spectator, June 10, 1847.

200.   

Oregon Spectator, July 27, 1848.

201.   

Records of Proceedings of Linn County Court, Vol. I, p. 2.

202.   

Ibid, Vol. I, p. 3.

203.   

Ibid, Vol. I, p. 4.

204.   

Ibid, Vol. I, p. 5.

205.   

Ibid, Vol, I, p. 7.

206.   

Ibid, Vol. 1, p. 5.

207.   

Ibid, Vol, I, pp. 9-10.

208.   

Ibid, Vol. I, p. 26.

209.      Ibid, Vol. I, pp. 27-28.
302.    Souvenir of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Willamette Church, Oakville, Oregon, September 12, 1900.
303. "The Beginning of the United Presbyterian Church in Oregon", Paper read by C. H. Stewart, Church Historian, at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Willamette Church.  September 12, 1900, at Oakville.
304. Stannard, Everett Earl, "Old Stuff and New", Albany Sunday Democrat, June 8, 1924.
305. "Mother Church at Oakville", United Presbyterian, Corvallis Gazette-Times, July 28, 1932.
306. Union Point Records in possession of Mrs. Ira Templeton Galbraith, Albany, Oregon.
307. Records of Deeds, Linn County Courthouse, Albany, Vol. "A", p. 65.
308. Interview with Mr. John Glass, pioneer of Linn County.
309. Resources of Oregon and Washington, Portland Publishing Company, June 1880, pp. 9-10.
310. Stannard, Everett Earl, Stannard and Stewart Historical Files.
311. Porter, Ira Templeton, "Historical Souvenir", Semi-Centennial Jubilee, April 11, 1907.
312. Mattoon, C. H., Baptist Annals of Oregon, Vol. I, pp. 50-56.
313. Ibid, Vol. I, pp.50-56.
314 Stainnard, Mrs. H. W., History of Pleasant Butte Baptist Church.  Church Office, Brownsville.