John B. Preston

Preston, about 1860

Preston's map of northwestern Oregon as of 1952.

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

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

References

^ 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

"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.