Oregon
Isaac Moores and his family left Danville in March 1852 and traveled the Oregon Trail to the Oregon Territory in a wagon train of 70 wagons. The family arrived in Portland in November 1852. Col. Moores moved to the southern end of the Willamette Valley, settling in Lane County. There he acquired a farm totaling 1,710 acres (6.9 km2).
In 1855, Moores was elected to represent Lane County as a Democrat in the Oregon Territory House of Representatives. Moores was elected as a delegate to the Oregon Constitutional Convention in 1857. Held in Salem, the convention created a constitution as Oregon prepared to become a state. Moores represented Lane County again as a Democrat, serving on the military affairs committee.
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Famous quotes containing the word oregon:
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—State of Oregon, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
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