Historic Documents and Research

Oregon City possesses many historic documents dating back to the 1840s. The following research guide provides an overview of digitized records available online. Please check back in the future as we preserve and add more items to the online document archive.

  1. 1844-12-24 Minutes of the Provisional Legislature Creating Oregon City
  2. High Quality - 1844 Act to Incorporate Oregon City 1505
  3. T. A. Brown Oath of Office Recorder - Oregon City 917
  4. 1844 Dec_Petition to Incorporate OC_Second Petition_Doc 57
  5. 1844 June_Petition to Incorporate OC_denied_Doc 3
  6. 1845 Act to Amend Act to Incorporate, August_Doc 1161
  7. 1845 Council petition to add the Island to the city_Doc 694
  8. 1845 Oath Abernethy_Mayor_Doc 924
  9. 1845 Oath Force_Council_Doc 923
  10. 1845 Oath Ford_Council_Doc 933
  11. 1845 Oath Gray_Council_Doc 932
  12. 1845 Oath J R Robb_Council_Doc 922
  13. 1845 Oath Magruder_Jail Keeper_Doc 929
  14. 1845 Oath Moss_Council_Doc 930
  15. 1845 Oath Moss_County Assessor_Doc 930
  16. 1845 Oath T A Brown Recorder_Doc 917
  17. 1846 Act to Amend Act to Incorporate_Dec_Not Passed_Doc 3800
  18. 1846 Assessments of Property_Doc 863
  19. 1846 City Council Affidavit for response to McLoughlin lawsuit_Doc 1035
  20. 1846 City Council Minutes January to May
  21. 1846 City Council response to McLoughlin lawsuit_Doc 1035
  22. 1846 City Ordinances_Doc 457
  23. 1846 December Financial Statment_Doc 472
  24. 1846 Feb Ermatinger resignation from Council_Doc 470
  25. 1846 March Notice for bids to remove stumps_Doc 455
  26. 1846 Oath Crawford_Councilr_Doc 1033
  27. 1846 Oath Ermatinger_Council_Doc1025
  28. 1846 Oath Hanan_Council_Doc 465
  29. 1846 Oath Hatch_Council_Doc 1026
  30. 1846 Oath Lovejoy_Mayor_Doc 1027
  31. 1846 Oath Moss_Moss_Doc 1029
  32. 1846 Oath Pettygrove_Council_Doc 1028
  33. 1846 Oath Prigg_Recorder_Doc 1024
  34. 1846 Oath Robb_Council_Doc1032
  35. 1846 Order to pay McCarver for locust trees_Doc 462
  36. 1846 Petition for J Force to channel creek in Lot 7_Doc 459
  37. 1846 Sept Pettygrove resignation as Treasurer_Doc 136
  38. 1850 Act to Repeal Act to Incorporate_not passed_Doc 3770
  39. 1850 Notice of Election_Gov Pritchette_Doc 1841
  40. 1850 Petition to amend and not repeal Act to Incorporate_ Doc 3268
  41. 1851 An Act to Incorporate Oregon City_memo from City Council_Doc 3271
  42. 1851 An Act to Incorporate Oregon City_memo from City Council_Doc 3396
  43. 1851 An Act to Incorporate Oregon City_notes on revisions_Doc 2755
  44. 1851 An Act to Incorporate Oregon City_notes on revisions_Doc 3048