John B. Preston

John B. Preston was the first Surveyor General of the Oregon Territory in the Western United States.^[1]

Preston was appointed by President Millard Fillmore to create a system for surveying land in the territory;^[2] Preston lost his position in 1853, and "drifted into obscurity."^[3]

References edit

^ Corning, Howard M. (1989) Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 138.
^ Atwood, Kay (2008). Chaining Oregon: Surveying the Public Lands of the Pacific Northwest, 1851-1855. McDonald & Woodward. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-939923-20-5.
^ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon. Caxton Press. pp. 279–80. ISBN 978-0-87004-332-1.

External links edit

"Oregon Land Survey 1851–1855". The Oregon Encyclopedia.

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[Oregon-1] Corning, Howard M. (1989) Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 138.

[2] Atwood, Kay (2008). Chaining Oregon: Surveying the Public Lands of the Pacific Northwest, 1851-1855. McDonald & Woodward. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-939923-20-5.

[friedman-3] Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon. Caxton Press. pp. 279–80. ISBN 978-0-87004-332-1.

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