The Vote for a Provisional Government
This was needed to make laws, settle arguments, and keep people safe in the Willamette Valley.
What is a provisional government?
This man called for the final vote by asking people to stand to the left or right.
Who is Joe Meek?
This animal was almost trapped to extinction in the Willamette Valley but is now thriving.
What is the beaver?
This act gave 320 acres to adult men who would settle and farm the land.
What is the Donation Land Claim Act?
This group managed the land in the Willamette Valley for thousands of years, creating open prairies and oak groves.
Who are the Kalapuya Indians?
This number of people voted in favor of the provisional government.
What is 52?
The artist who painted "The Birth of Oregon" and took care of the Pioneer Memorial Building.
Who is Theodore Gegoux?
The Oregon state bird, which needs grasslands to nest.
What is the Western Meadowlark?
This local Indigenous group’s land was taken for settlers and later became part of the Grand Ronde reservation.
Who are the Kalapuya people?
Native Americans used this tool to control young trees and shrubs, which helped camas and other plants grow.
What is fire?
This group provided order and justice in the Willamette Valley before the provisional government.
What is the Hudson’s Bay Company?
This spiritual leader led the French-Canadian settlers who mostly voted against a provisional government.
Who is Father F.N. Blanchet?
The year that Champoeg settlers met and decided to vote for a provisional government.
What is 1843?
The year the Grand Ronde reservation was officially created.
What is 1857?
This method was first tried in Champoeg Park in 2003 to help control shrubs and keep grassy areas open.
What is a controlled burn?
This meeting place was where people voted for a provisional government.
What is the Hudson’s Bay Company granary at Champoeg?
This person helped build Oregon's first monument to remember the vote for the provisional government.
Who is Governor T.T. Geer?
This was built on the land of settlers Newell and Longtain, with French and American street names.
What is the town of Champoeg?
The first location where treaties were negotiated with Indigenous people in Oregon.
What is Champoeg?
The park saw this happen just three weeks after the controlled burn.
What is the growth of new green grass?