Emigrant James Miller:
"On our arrival in Oregon City, I found everything quite different from what I expected. There were three small churches, three stores, two blacksmiths shops, two flour mills, newspaper, the Oregon Spectator. My father purchased a house and lot and we moved into it soon after we arrived, and commenced the sale of our boots and shoes. For fine boots, we got five dollars a pair."
Emigrant
Overton Johnson: "We were happy, after a long and tedious tour, to witness the
home of civilization. To see mills, storehouses, shops. To hear the noise of the
workman's hammer; to enjoy the warm welcome of family and friends.
From Oregon City the emigrants fanned out in all
directions to stake their claims and begin their new lives. They had reached the
promised land.
The provisional government allotted 640 acres of
fertile Willamette valley farmland to every male citizen. The emigrants soon
learned that the legend of Oregon was true.
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