On Otter Crest Loop 0.1 miles north of Miroco Street, on the right when traveling south.
As Oregon entered the 20th century, travel along the coast was a combination of Indian trails, the beach, and a few very muddy roads. In 1892, Ben Jones led a delegation to Corvallis to seek money for road improvements from the County. The county . . . — — Map (db m177287) HM
Built in 1888-89, the Benton County Courthouse is the oldest building in Oregon still being used for its original purpose.
The courthouse was designed by Delos D. Neer, a prominent Portland architect, in a style he described as resembling . . . — — Map (db m107360) HM
On SW Jefferson Way at SW 15th Street, on the right when traveling west on SW Jefferson Way.
On October 27, 1868, the small institution of higher education known as Corvallis College was granted a charter by Oregon's legislative assembly designating it as the state's land grant institution under the provisions of the federal 1862 Morrill . . . — — Map (db m108382) HM
On SW Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The Benton County State Bank building was dedicated on July 25, 1907. The bank, built on the ruins of a burned saloon, was representative of a period of growth and prosperity in Corvallis at the beginning of the 20th century.
Corvallis' . . . — — Map (db m117442) HM
Near NE 1st Street south of NW Harrison Boulevard.
The Van Buren Street Bridge is Oregon's only remaining example of a movable bridge built using the rare pin-connected truss technology. The use of pins, or bolts, connecting each truss point allowed the bridge to be easily assembled on site after . . . — — Map (db m117491) HM
Near Sand Hollow Road near Lytle Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
John D. Henderson was the third child of twelve born to Perman D. and Sarah (Trapp) Henderson, both originally of Tennessee. John was born December 30, 1828, in what is now part of downtown Kansas City, then farmland, where his parents had . . . — — Map (db m107039) HM
On SW Madison Ave, on the left when traveling north.
The Corvallis Arts Center building began its life as an Episcopal church, constructed in in 1889 just a block south of here. It was one of the products of the influential English emigrants who arrived in Benton County in the late 1800s under the . . . — — Map (db m117279) HM
On SW 8th St at SW Madison Ave, on the right when traveling north on SW 8th St.
The First Congregational Church was built here in 1917 to serve a congregation that had outgrown its original 1889 building at Third and Jefferson streets. Designed by architect Roy Dobell, a former instructor at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC, . . . — — Map (db m117268) HM
On SW 1st Street north of SW Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
The first steamboat to reach Corvallis was the sidewheeler Canemah in October of 1851. With this arrival, Corvallis joined Oregon's steamboat era, with tis stories of risk, profit, rivalries, mergers, heroics, innovation and disasters. . . . — — Map (db m117465) HM
On SW Madison Ave at SW 8th St, on the right when traveling west on SW Madison Ave.
Fred J. Porter was the great-grandson of Benton County pioneer, Johnson Mulkey.
In the winter of 1845, Mulkey filed a land claim for 640 acres along Oak Creek, on the north side of Baldy Mountain. This was only a few months after Joseph Conant . . . — — Map (db m117266) HM
United Methodist
Historic Site
No. 323
In memory of the pioneers of the Belknap Settlement who served God faithfully in an untamed land — — Map (db m122508) HM
On Pacific Highway West at Pacific Hwy W (U.S. 20) on Pacific Highway West.
The Opera House was built on this site in 1870. It was a wooden building with a porch and covered entrance which faced on Fourth Street. The residents of Corvallis raised the money by subscription and donated their labor to build it. Inside there . . . — — Map (db m112917) HM
On SW 1st Street north of SW Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
The banks of the Willamette River were the focus of early town development. The town plat for Marysville was files on February on February 25, 1851, by Joseph C. Avery, using a portion of his land claim of 1845. The town included property from . . . — — Map (db m117488) HM
On SW Campus Way 0.5 miles west of SW 35th Street, on the left when traveling west.
Agricultural Users
This portion of the Oak Creek watershed is managed as a working agricultural laboratory. Agricultural users include the OSU Dairy Center, beef and sheep production barns, and the Veterinary Medicine Research Farm . . . — — Map (db m108387) HM
Near Washington Route 225 1 mile west of Route 240, on the left when traveling south.
The Longmire Wagon Train
In 1853, Congress authorized the survey and construction of a road from the Snake and Walla Walla Rivers through the Cascade Mountains. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis ordered Captain George McClellan to construct . . . — — Map (db m297221) HM
On Territorial Hwy, on the left when traveling north.
This marks the Old Stage Route and the Daniel Smith Donation Land Claim Homesite 1852 – 1908 Smithfield Dedicated in His Honor 1862 — — Map (db m117049) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
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