Robert Newell (politician)
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Robert "Doc" Newell was an American politician and fur trapper in the Oregon Country. He was a frontier doctor in what would become the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Ohio, he served in the Provisi
Robert Newell, 1840
The Newell House in 2009
Champoeg, Oregon
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Champoeg is a former town in the U.S. state of Oregon. Now a ghost town, it was an important settlement in the Willamette Valley in the early 1840s. Located halfway between Oregon City and Salem, it w
Robert Newell (politician)
…of Oregon and later was a member of the Oregon State Legislature. The Newell House Museum, his reconstructed former home on the French Prairie in Champoeg, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Newell was born on March 30, 1807, in Zanesville, Ohio. In 1829, Newell joined William Sublette…
Museum at the state heritage area
Location near neighboring cities
The 1901 monument in Champoeg marking the spot where the first American government on the Pacific Coast was organized.
A stake marks the former location of a street corner in Champoeg.