For myself whose fortune it was to live long in association with this rare man, to share in many of the influences and in a sense to inherit the inspirations of his life, there seems now a mighty void in the immediate world in which he lived. Lover of my motherland as I am, let me confess a certain sadness when I revisit the home from whence the light of a great character has departed. It is as if Mt. Hood were blotted from the landscape. Verily, a great force has gone out of the world.
EVENTS IN LIFE OF HARVEY W. SCOTT
Born February 1st, 1838, near Peoria, Illinois.
Left Illinois April 1st, 1852, for Oregon.
Arrived Oregon City, October 2, 1852.
Went to Puget Sound, Spring of 1854.
Served in Indian Wars at Puget Sound, 1855–56.
Returned to Oregon City, September, 1856.
Attended Pacific University, December, 1856–April, 1857.
Attended Academy, Oregon City, Winter of 1858–59.
Returned to Pacific University, Fall of 1859.
Graduated Pacific University, 1863.
Librarian Portland Library, 1864–5.
Admitted to Oregon Bar, September 7th, 1865.
Married Elizabeth A. Nicklin, Salem, October 31, 1865.
Editor Oregonian, April 17, 1865–September 11, 1872; April 1, 1877–August 7, 1910.
Collector of Customs, October 1, 1870–May 31, 1876.
Married Margaret McChesney, Latrobe, Pa., June 28, 1876.
President Oregon Historical Society, 1898–1901.
President Lewis and Clark Exposition, 1903–4.
Death, August 7th, 1910, at Baltimore, Md.
Director Associated Press 1900–1910.
