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2. McMinnville, Oregon - Wikipedia

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   McMinnville founder William T. Newby. Town founder William T. Newby joined the Great Migration of 1843, of people from the eastern states to the west.He later claimed land in 1844 on the present site of McMinnville in what was known as the Oregon Country.

3. Yamhill County Courthouse - Wikipedia

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   In April 1858, W. T. Newby (founder of McMinnville) proposed giving 5 acres (20,000 m 2) or 140 lots to the county if McMinnville was chosen as site of the new courthouse. Joel Palmer (founder of Dayton), along with others from his town, proposed giving 32 lots plus $800 towards the new courthouse.

4. Yamhill County, Oregon - Wikipedia

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   According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 718 square miles (1,860 km 2), of which 716 square miles (1,850 km 2) is land and 2.5 square miles (6.5 km 2), or 0.3%, is water. [5] It is the fifth-smallest county in Oregon by area. The tallest mountain in the county is Trask Mountain in the northwest corner of the ...

5. Oregon Department of State Lands - Wikipedia

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   Upon Oregon's admission to the union, the federal government ceded to the state two sections of each township to generate revenues for a Common School Fund, a trust fund for support and maintenance of public schools. 500,000 acres (2,000 km 2) had previously been allowed to Oregon by an 1841 act of Congress, and 5% of all proceeds from the sale ...

6. Growing pains: The next generation of farmers struggles to ...

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   Land trusts say they’ve done their best to anticipate younger farmers’ needs. The 2014 federal farm bill provided the first opportunity for subdivision, within limits, but only after millions ...

7. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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   The Donation Land Claim Act allowed settlers to claim land in the Oregon Territory, then including the modern states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and parts of Wyoming. The Oregon Donation Land Claim Act was passed in 1850 and allowed white settlers to claim 320 acres or 640 to married couples between 1850 and 1855 when the act was repealed.