Talk:Champoeg, Oregon
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One reason that Decemus beat me to writing this article was that I was trying to chase down the facts concerning a couple of post-statehood stories about Champoeg (based on what a state park ranger stated to a group when I visited Champoeg a couple of years ago):
- Following the erection of the monument described in the article, Champoeg became the center of an annual patriotic 4th of July celebration. These celebrations continued until the onset of WW II.
- The ground that the monument was erected upon became the property of the State of Oregon, & due to the annual crowds, more & more of the surrounding farmlands were deeded to the State -- which became something of a problem until some point in the 1930's (just when, I've been trying to determine) Champoeg became the first State Park of Oregon.
- Actually, people continued to live at Champoeg until one final Willamette flood in the 1890's, when everything except one structure erected by the DAR -- which is still standing, to the west of the monument. The years that the Willamette flooded should be recorded as part of the Willamette River article (as should the flood years of every river). -- llywrch 01:51, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
