Oregon City Covered Bridge #1
by Frank Wilson
Title
Oregon City Covered Bridge #1
Artist
Frank Wilson
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Covered bridge over Oregon Gulch Creek on Oregon Gulch Road at Oregon City, California
Emigrants from Oregon established Oregon City in 1848. This was one of Butte County’s first gold mining towns. The town experienced a short boom and a huge bust as Oregon City faded from popularity. Between 1894 and 1902, the town and its post office was called Hengy, named after a Jessie Hengy, the first postmaster. The city changed its name to Bloomingdale between 1902 and 1905.
The covered bridge located near Oregon City also took a new name; now referred to as the Castleberry Covered Bridge.
The captain of the Oregon emigrant party was Peter Burnett, a self-educated Midwesterner. He later became the first civil governor of California. Before coming to California, he held office in both the Oregon Legislature and Oregon Supreme Court. Burnett advocated for the exclusion of Black people. The state constitution did not allow African Americans to move into Oregon until 1926.
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March 27th, 2021
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