West Linn, Oregon

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Local Information for West Linn, OR

Latitude: 45.365201 -- Longitude: -122.641024

Other Area Cities:   West Linn  Canby  Central Point  Gladstone  Lake Oswego  Oregon City  Tualatin  Wilsonville  Clackamas 

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Major Robert Moore arrived in 1839 having been the senior member of the first attempt to create an American colony in Oregon, the Peoria Party. His title stems from his military service in the War of 1812, where he served in the Pennsylvania militia, possibly as a battlefield surgeon. Sometime after journeying around the Willamette Valley and Columbia Basin, Moore bought title to approx. 1,000 acres (4 km²) on the west side of Willamette Falls, across the Willamette River from Oregon City, from a local Native American chief named Wanax-ha, on which he platted a town known as the "Robbin's Nest" in early 1843. He also filed a provisional claim with the then government of the Oregon Country, not knowing if his unique transaction would be honored by the eventual governing laws. The later Territorial Legislature of Oregon voted to rename it "Linn City" on December 22, 1845 as a memorial to Senator Dr. Lewis Fields Linn for whom Linn County is also named. -- Source: Wikipedia.com