Joseph L. Meek

Joseph L. Meek (HM25DQ)

Location: Hillsboro, OR 97124 Washington County
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Country: United States of America
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N 45° 35.058', W 122° 58.87'

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This marks the land claim of Joseph L. Meek, famed and unlettered "mountain man," who arrived in 1840 after driving from Fort Hall to Walla Walla in the first wagon on that part of the Oregon Trail. He was a founder of the Provisional Government; served as the first sheriff, the first marshal, the first census taker. He carried word of the Whitman Massacre to Washington D.C., where President Polk, whose wife was his cousin, received him. Named marshal under the New Territorial Government, he accompanied Governor Lane to Oregon. His final Indian fighting was as a soldier in the Yakima War, 1855-56. He died here in 1875. A neighbor called him: "very popular and as brave as Julius Caesar".
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HM NumberHM25DQ
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Placed ByOregon Travel Experience
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Date Added Friday, February 9th, 2018 at 10:01am PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)10T E 501469 N 5047862
Decimal Degrees45.58430000, -122.98116667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 35.058', W 122° 58.87'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 35' 3.48" N, 122° 58' 52.2" W
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Area Code(s)503, 971
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 29801-29899 NW Victory Ln, Hillsboro OR 97124, US
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