Alvin Thompson Smith Diaries Transcript 1840-1853
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Smith, A. T. (Alvin Thompson), 1802-1888
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A.T. (Alvin Thompson) Smith was an early Oregon pioneer who participated in the formation of the government of the Oregon Territory, and who also helped to found Pacific University. One of eleven children, he was born on November 17, 1802 to Thomas and Lucy Mack Smith in Branford, Connecticut. He was working as a carpenter in Illinois when he met and married his wife, Abigail Raymond of Sherburne, New York, in 1840. Later that year, he and his wife traveled overland to the Tualatin ...
Tualatin Academy
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Oregon's Pacific University is the oldest chartered university in the West. The Oregon Territorial Legislature granted its original charter as the Tualatin Academy on Sept. 26, 1849. The charter predates statehood by 10 years, and was the first formal act of the territorial government. Pacific founders were also instrumental in the 1843 vote at Champoeg, which resulted in the formation of the Oregon Provisional Government, the first American government on the Pacific Coa...
Pacific University
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The Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns used Pacific University's facilities for football training camps in the late 1950s to early 1960s. Most of the camps were held in conjunction with exhibition games in Portland. Anecdotal evidence from alumni suggests that the teams chose Pacific University for housing because it was located in a dry town that had limited access to urban distractions, yet was withing driving distance of games in Portland. This encouraged the players to ...
