The Oregon Institute was the first school built for European-Americans west of Missouri. The school started in 1842 in what is now Salem, Oregon and later became Willamette University. Nickname: The Cherry City Location in the state of Oregon Coordinates: County Marion County, Polk County Founded 1842 Mayor Janet Taylor Area    - City 120. ... Willamette University is a private institution of higher learning located in Salem, Oregon. ...

Background

Missionary Jason Lee came to Oregon Country in 1834 with Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth to begin missionary work amongst the natives.^[1] First Lee and his men built Mission Bottom north of present Salem, Oregon, but that was flooded in 1841.^[1] The Methodist Mission was then relocated to Mission Mill in what would later become Salem.^[1] The Oregon Institute was then built in 1842 to teach white children in the Willamette Valley.^[1] Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (January 29, 1802–August 31, 1856) was an American inventor, ice harvester, and explorer and trader in the far west. ... Oregon Mission (1831-1846) began as an effort by the Methodist Episcopal Church to convert the native Indians of the far west to Christianity. ... Nickname: The Cherry City Location in the state of Oregon Coordinates: County Marion County, Polk County Founded 1842 Mayor Janet Taylor Area    - City 120. ... Mission Mill Museum is a Salem, Oregon historical attraction. ...

Functions

The first building of the school, a three story wood building, was occupied in 1844.^[2] This building was used by the school and community, including the state legislature and court.^[2] Oregon Institute began with one teacher, who taught the white children of the area.^[2] In 1853 the school changed names to Wallamet University, later changed to the current Willamette.^[2] The Oregon Legislative Assembly is the legislature for the U.S. state of Oregon. ... The Oregon Supreme Court is the highest state court in the Oregon judicial department (branch of government). ...

On February 1, 1843 the first “Wolf Meeting” was held at the Oregon Institute.^[3] This meeting was presided over by Dr. Ira Babcock, who had been elected as supreme judge in 1841 to probate Ewing Young’s estate.^[3] The meeting was designed to discuss issues with predatory animals attacking livestock in the Willamette Valley .^[3] This meeting was one of the precursors to subsequent meetings that led to the formation of a Provisional Government in May at Champoeg .^[3] Ewing Young expeditions to American West Ewing Young (1799 - February 9, 1841) was an American trapper from Tennessee who traveled the western United States before settling in Oregon Country. ... The Willamette Valley The Willamette Valley The Willamette Valley is the region in northwest Oregon in the United States that surrounds the Willamette River as it proceeds northward from its emergence from mountains near Eugene to its confluence with the Columbia River. ... The Champoeg Meetings in Oregon Country were the first attempts at governing in the Pacific Northwest by United States European-American pioneers. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Jason Lee's Mission to Oregon. Road To Oregon. End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} History of Willamette. About Willamette. Willamette University. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Clarke, S.A. (1905). Pioneer Days of Oregon History. J.K. Gill Company.