[or-roots] Oregon Land Grant records

[SAWYER Layne G * SOS]

Glen,

Yes there were some definite "scandals" related to the disposition of "public lands" during our state's history.
Layne



From: or-roots [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Glen and Bonnie Jones
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Just going by the Oregon history books
Glen

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From: "SAWYER Layne G * SOS" <Layne.G.SAWYER at oregon.gov<mailto:Layne.G.SAWYER at oregon.gov>>
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Date: Wed, Nov 8, 2017 11:15 AM

I am not sure if the Morrill Act lands would have been treated separately from the initial lands that were set aside when Oregon became a state.  The Division of State Lands and the State Land Board are charged with managing lands held by the state.  Here is a link to the finding aid for that agency's records here at the State Archives.

http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/records/state/land/index.html

Some of these series are a challenge to use depending on what information you have coming into the research.  I believe the Common School lands would be different from those dedicated to the establishment of the "land grant" University under the Morrill Act.  If the question Diane is trying to answer actually relates to the University rather than the lands in proximity to the University the OSU archives staff may in fact be able to provide the best answer to the question.

Hope this isn't getting too obtuse.

Regards,

Layne

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Diane
It looks as though the Oregon land grant came under the first Morrill Act, so sometime in the 1860s.  This was after the DLCs, of course.

The question I had in reading your question, was "what land did Oregon 'reserve' for itself?" "What agreement did they have with the US Gov't upon admission as a state?  I found a reference at Oregon.gov:

The act of Congress admitting Oregon to the Union in 1859 granted nearly 3.4 million acres of the new state's land "for the use of schools." The State Land Board was established to oversee these "school lands" and has been the trustee of the Common School Fund for more than 150 years.

Is this the land that was sold to support (now) OSU? You might start at
http://www.oregon.gov/dsl/Pages/index.aspx
to see if you can identify the township/range information for those lands.

Pat Dunford

From: or-roots [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Diane
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2017 10:30 PM
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Are the records pertaining to the Oregon Land Grants for Oregon State College available on-line?  The Chewaucan Valley down including south of Valley Falls plus other areas in the county were part of this sale of those lands.

I am searching for a particular location and so far the only way I can find any information is to go back through the books in the Court House date wise, which is really slow going.

The Title Office records for Lake County used to be in Lakeview, but they were moved to Klamath Falls.  Too much money involved to do any research that way.

Thanks, Diane


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