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Champoeg (/ʃæmˈpuːiː/ sham-POO-ee,
historically /ʃæmˈpuːɛɡ/ sham-POO-eg) is a
former town in the U.S.
state of Oregon. Now a
ghost town, it was an important...
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Native American encampment and
later town
known as
Champoeg, Oregon.
These first Champoeg Meetings eventually led to
further discussions, and in 1843...
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Champoeg Cr**** is a tributary,
roughly 6
miles (9.7 km) long, of the
Willamette River in the U.S.
state of Oregon. The cr**** is
formed by the confluence...
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Champoeg Meetings were the
first attempts at
formal governance by European-American and
French Canadian pioneers in the
Oregon Country on the Pacific...
- Oregon. The
county was
originally named the
Champooick District,
after Champoeg (earlier Champooick), a
meeting place on the
Willamette River. On September...
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continent of
North America. Its
formation had been
advanced at the
Champoeg Meetings since February 17, 1841, and it
existed from May 2, 1843 until...
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before settling in the
Tualatin Valley, M**** pla**** a
prominent role at the
Champoeg Meetings of 1843,
where he was
elected a sheriff. He was
later elected...
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settlers in the
Willamette Valley established a
provisional government at
Champoeg.
Political pressure in the
United States urged the
occupation of all the...
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years to gain
ownership title to it. The
provisional government formed at
Champoeg had
limited the land
claims offered in the hope of
preventing land speculation...
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first European settlements in the
valley were at
Oregon City and
Champoeg. The
first institution of
higher learning on the West Coast, today's Willamette...
