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Champoeg provisional-government town
Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Buttons and buckles
Coins and tokensAlso reported: (look only) early trade goods.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Unknown (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
1840s-1861 French Prairie river town
River town on French Prairie where settlers voted in 1843 to form the provisional government of the Oregon Country. The great flood of December 1861 put seven feet of water through the town and it was never rebuilt.View source →
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