Page:Oregon Historical Quarterly vol. 19.djvu/187

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Note and Comment.
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by George Gay in 1842—the first in Oregon—on the line between Yamhill and Polk counties. Leaflets relating to the founding of the first civil government at Champoeg were distributed by George H. Himes of the Oregon Historical Society, and a sketch of the visit by Capt. Charles Wilkes, U. S. Navy, to the Gay premises in 1841, was given.