To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Oregon Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Oregon, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 1/26/09 • Approved: 1/26/09 • Last Updated: 2/8/18 • R7250-G0-S3
Jesse Applegate
1811-1888
Pioneer, Statesman, Philosopher.
Leader of Migration to Oregon in 1843.
Leader of Provisional Government of Oregon in 1844-1849.
First Surveyro General in 1844.
Trail Blazer, Fort Hall, Idaho, to Willamette Valley, in 1846.
Member of Oregon Territory Legislature in 1849.
Member of Constitutional Convention for State of Oregon in 1857.
Settled here in 1849, one-half mile west of this spot.
His House was scene of First Court of Provisional Government, Southern District, 1852.
Contributed on 1/26/09 by census
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 7250