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Joseph L. Meek engraved portrait

An engraved portrait of the pioneer and mountain man Joseph Lafayette Meek. From about 1828-1840, Meek was a fur trapper in the Rocky Mountains. In 1840, he joined a group of pioneers who were on their way to Oregon. He established a farm north of present-day Hillsboro in the Tualatin Valley and became prominent in Oregon's territorial government. The engraving is by J. C. Buttre based on a photograph by Joseph Bucktel. It appeared as the frontispiece to a book by Mrs. Frances Fuller Victor, 'The River of the West. Life and Adventure in the Rocky Mountains and Oregon...' (Hartford, Conn: Columbian Book Company, 1870).

Buttre, J. C.

Frances Fuller. The River of the West. Life and Adventure in the Rocky Mountains and Oregon ... Hartford, CT: Columbian Book Company, 1870. Frontispiece.

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Pacific University Library copy: RARE.2012.50

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