Oregon Historical Quarterly/Volume 26/Oregon Historical Society Museum Notes

OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY

MUSEUM NOTES

Exhibits of Interest:

The safe of Dr. John McLoughlin, Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1824 to 1846. This was probably the first safe in the Oregon country, brought from Canada to Vancouver in 1824. It was presented to the Society by Mrs. Theodore Wygant, a grand-daughter of Doctor McLoughlin.

A small trunk used by Rev. Jason Lee, a missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He crossed the plains on horseback in 1834 and was the first minister of any denomination to come to the Oregon country. The trunk was presented to the Society by Col. F. D. Butterfield, of Derby Line, Vt.

A Photostat copy of the official plot of San Francisco, the original of which was filed at Oregon City, Oregon Territory, February 1, 1850. Oregon City was the first court of record of the United States government on the Pacific Coast.

Recent Acquisitions:

A framed photograph of the Seth Catlin house, built in 1852 on the Catlin farm, Cowlitz county, Washington. Presented to the Society by Mrs. Frank Foster, a granddaughter of Mr. Catlin.

A Sarony, Major and Knapp lithograph of a group of eleven generals of the Civil War made about 1862. The generals pictured are: Geo. B . McClellan, Irwin McDowell, Franz Sigel, John E. Wood, John A. Dix, Nathaniel P. Banks, S. P . Heinzleman, Winfield Scott, Robert Anderson, John C. Fremont, Benjamin F. Butler, and Commodore Silas Horton Stringham. Presented to the Society by Mr. Leon S. Baum.

Six photographs of a bowlder upon which the face of a human being has been engraved, found on the beach of the Willamette river within the limits of the links of the Waverly Golf Club. Presented to the Society by Mr. F. S. Perrine.

Several photographs of the unusual ruins found near Colton, Oregon, taken by Mr. Rodney L. Glisan and presented by him to the Society.