Samuel Asahel Clarke papers 1844-1909

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Samuel Asahel Clarke papers 1844-1909

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv10107

Samuel Asahel Clarke (1827-1909) was an Oregon newspaperman, historian, and poet. The collection consists of typed transcripts of sections from Clarke's scrap book.

0.1 linear feet, 1 folder

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University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Clarke, S. A. (Samuel Asahel), 1827-1909

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Samuel A. Clarke was an Oregon newspaperman, poet, and businessman. Born in Cuba in 1827, he was raised in New York City and came to California by ship in the gold rush of 1849. In 1850 he moved to Oregon and helped establish the city of Portland. He served as editor of the Oregonian and ran two other newspapers, among other businesses. He moved to Washington, D.C., around 1897 and became a librarian at the General Land Office. He covered the Modoc War as a correspondent for the New...