History
During the early 19th century, the area around the river was populated by the Molalla Indians. During that time, an extensive system of trails along the river allowed trade between the peoples of the Willamette Valley and eastern Oregon. As late as the 1920s, the trails were used by Native Americans from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation to reach huckleberry-picking grounds near Table Rock. One of the original routes, called the "Huckleberry Trail", is currently used for recreational hiking and horseback riding.
Starting in the 1840s, the lower Molalla became an area of intense homesteading by European-Americans because of the high fertility of the surrounding land. The upper reaches of the river became an area of widespread logging, as well as gold mining near the head of Ogle Creek.
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