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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/records/state/land/hist/landhist3.html<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Lato'>In 1859, the Oregon Admissions Act ceded to the state the 16th and 36th section of every township for public school use (OL [Deady & Lane] 1843-1872, p.102, Section 4). Where these lands had been previously deeded, the state was authorized to choose other public lands in lieu of these lands. Income generated from this property formed the basis of the Common School Fund. This trust fund was established by the Oregon Constitution in order to support and maintain public schools. Other original fund assets included money paid for exemptions from military service, money accrued to the state from escheats and forfeitures, grants, gifts, bequests, 500,000 acres supplied to Oregon by an 1841 act of Congress and five percent of all proceeds from the <br>sale of federal land. Furthermore, the federal government granted Oregon ownership of the beds and banks of all navigable waterways in the state including ocean tidelands. Proceeds from the management of these natural resources comprised the principal of the Common School Fund.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Lato'>The Oregon Admissions Act also provided lands for the establishment of institutions of higher education. This formed the foundation of the Agricultural College (Oregon State University) Trust Fund and the University of Oregon Trust Fund. Money accrued from investing assets was distributed annually toward teachers’ salaries at the schools. DSL still retains oversight responsibility for these trust funds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If I read Diane's question correctly, she is looking at land around </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Chewaucan Valley, </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>and of course the 16th and 36th section in every township around there is a lot of looking! If she is looking for property that was "said to be" sold to support the college, or leased, or whatever, that's a tall order. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Valley Falls, in fact, is in T35S R 21E. The section it falls in is 31, bordering 32, but just east of T35S R20E Section 36.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Maps, aren't they the greatest? I got the above sections from Google Earth Pro and Google Maps. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Pat Dunford<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> or-roots [mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>SAWYER Layne G * SOS<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 08, 2017 12:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> or-roots mail list <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [or-roots] Oregon Land Grant records<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/records/state/land/index.html">http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/records/state/land/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hope this isn’t getting too obtuse.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Layne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> or-roots [<a href="mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kith-n-Kin<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 08, 2017 10:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'or-roots mail list' <<a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [or-roots] Oregon Land Grant records<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Diane<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>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:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>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.</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Is this the land that was sold to support (now) OSU? You might start at <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/dsl/Pages/index.aspx">http://www.oregon.gov/dsl/Pages/index.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>to see if you can identify the township/range information for those lands.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Pat Dunford<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> or-roots [<a href="mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Diane<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 07, 2017 10:30 PM<br><b>To:</b> or-roots mail list <<a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [or-roots] Oregon Land Grant records<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>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. </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>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. </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>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.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Thanks, Diane</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #D3D4DE 1.0pt'><tr><td width=57 style='width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon" target="_blank"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=46 height=29 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D3589D.3BA78360" alt="Image removed by sender."></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=400 style='width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#41424E'>Virus-free. <a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4453EA'>www.avast.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>