Arvazena A. Cooper papers, 1845-1900.

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Arvazena A. Cooper papers, 1845-1900.

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Collection comprises reminiscences and biographical information of Arvazena A. Cooper, a pioneer who traveled the Oregon Trail with her family in 1863 and settled in the Willamette Valley.

.25 linear ft. (1 container)

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Cooper, Arvazena A., 1845-1929.

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Born in Kentucky, Arvazena A. Cooper (1845-1929) spent her formative years in southwestern Missouri. At sixteen, she married Daniel Jackson Cooper. In 1863, Cooper, her husband, father-in-law, and infant set out by wagon for the state of Oregon and settled in the Willamette Valley. Cooper settled near Corvallis, Oregon, and performed the duties expected of mid-nineteenth-century wives and mothers. She bore thirteen children in Oregon (and one en route). Cooper's commitment to child rearing exten...