Pioneer Catholic history of Oregon . years past; and in these matters all my goodwishes are for the side of my adopted REV. P. J. DeSMET, 6. J. CHAPTER XII. THE ORIGINAL OREGON LAND McLoughlins Land Claim Disputed. Before McLoughlin retired to Oregon City in1846, his land claim had been disputed by mem-bers of the Methodist Mission. Late yearshave brought into prominence the Oregon landfrauds. The events which we shall now nar-rate may well be called the original Oregonland fraud. In 1829, several years before the arrival ofany of the mission party, McLoughlin had takenposs
Pioneer Catholic history of Oregon . years past; and in these matters all my goodwishes are for the side of my adopted REV. P. J. DeSMET, 6. J. CHAPTER XII. THE ORIGINAL OREGON LAND McLoughlins Land Claim Disputed. Before McLoughlin retired to Oregon City in1846, his land claim had been disputed by mem-bers of the Methodist Mission. Late yearshave brought into prominence the Oregon landfrauds. The events which we shall now nar-rate may well be called the original Oregonland fraud. In 1829, several years before the arrival ofany of the mission party, McLoughlin had takenpossession for himself as a personal claim, ofthe present site of Oregon City with the waterpower at the falls of the Willamette River andalso of an island situated near the crest of thefalls, later known as Governors Island, butnow called Abernethy Island. The position ofthe island made it extremely valuable for theuse of water power. It is now the site of astation of the Portland General Electric Com«pany. In 1829, Dr. McLoughlin began theerection of a saw mill at the falls. Three yearslater he had a mill race blasted out of
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