Oregon
Clark traveled overland to the region, arriving in September 1840. He was an independent missionary, unaffiliated with any missionary organization such as the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. His party included mountain men, Alvin T. Smith, P. B. Littlejohn, and those two’s wives. In Oregon, Clark first taught at the Methodist Mission’s first location at Mission Bottom on the French Prairie in the Willamette Valley. He then moved to West Tuality on the Tualatin Plains, and taught there for the Mission. This location would later become the town of Forest Grove, and Clark would take a land claim at the location. In 1843, he was one of several participants from the Tualatin Valley that participated in the Champoeg Meetings. At the May 2, 1843 meeting, Clark voted for the creation of the Provisional Government of Oregon, which passed by a 52 to 50 margin.
In 1844, Clark established a Congregational church in Forest Grove and another in Oregon City. The following year he served as one of several chaplains to the Provisional Legislature of Oregon. Clark made his land claim in 1846 for about 480 acres (1.9 km2).
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