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An 1872 map of Springfield, Oregon. The highlighted area shows what would later become the southwest quarter of the Washburne Historic District. Named for banker and flour mill owner C.W. Washburne, [1] the Washburne Historic District is part of an 1852 Donation Land Claim by Springfield founder Elias Briggs. The grid style blocks were platted ...
Separated from Eugene to the west, mainly by Interstate 5, Springfield is the second-most populous city in the metropolitan area after Eugene. As of the 2020 census, the city has a total population of 61,851, making it the ninth-most populous city in Oregon. The Briggs family first settled the Springfield area, arriving in 1848.
The Washburne Historic District was established in 1984 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The district includes roughly 34 blocks of working class houses constructed between the 1890s and the 1940s. The district also includes a few larger residences. Many houses are named either for the original owner or for an ...
Robert E. Campbell was born September 4, 1830, in Lafayette County, Missouri and married Ruth Campbell there in 1849. With a team oxen and two cows the Campbells and a cousin traveled to Lane County, Oregon from April to October 1851. He built a 17 feet (5.2 m) by 24 feet (7.3 m) two room log cabin there in 1852.
The following is a list of the 67 counties of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, the municipalities having been consolidated in 1854, and all remaining county government functions having been merged into the city after a 1951 referendum. [1][2] Eight of the ten most populous ...
Appalachia (/ ˌæpəˈlætʃə, - leɪtʃə, - leɪʃə /) [ 4 ] is a geographic region located in the central and southern sections of the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States. Its boundaries stretch from the western Catskill Mountains of New York into Pennsylvania, continuing on through the Blue Ridge Mountains and Great Smoky ...
July 3, 2017. The Jacob Clearwater House in Springfield, Oregon was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. It was home to the Clearwater family who transited the Oregon Trail and homesteaded 320 acres (1.3 km 2) in 1865 along the Middle Fork of the Willamette River. It was built in 1874 and is one of only four houses from ...
Map of Lake County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 8,358 square miles (21,650 km 2), of which 8,139 square miles (21,080 km 2) is land and 219 square miles (570 km 2) (2.6%) is water. [16] It is the third-largest county in Oregon.