Author: Historic Site,Oregon City, Bert Webber, Editor,
Title: Dr. John McLoughlin: Master of Fort Vancouver, Father of Oregon.
Description: Medford. Oregon, Webb Research Group Pubs, (1994). VG PB. Covers everything that could be discovered about Mc Loughlin from his earlier days until the day he died. He got in trouble. with his British employers because he was a compassiionate man who did his best to help sick, hungry and broke American pioneers freshly arrived over the Oregon Trail. But he insisted that Ameircans settle south ot the Collumbia River as he believed when the International boundary was setled the Columbia River wouls be the dividing line. To protect the interests of the Hudson' Bay Company, McLoughlin put up the first building at Willamette Falls (Oregon City) then plattted the city. On his retirement he moved permanently to Oregon City and became an American citizen.

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