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	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Topographically, it is the elongated alluvial plain of the Willamette River watershed basin, and is oriented north-south along the 123° West Meridian.
		The overall aspect of the valley is northerly, originating in the vicinity a few miles south of Eugene, Oregon (44 °N, 123°W), and terminating at the confluence of the Willamette River with the Columbia River at Portland, Oregon (45°-44'N, 122°-45'W).
		Though the Willamette Valley is only a small portion of the total landmass of the State of Oregon, it nonetheless is the population and economic center of the State.
	www.willamette.edu /~karabas/ENVR327/projects/2001proj/Floods.html (478 words)

	Willamette Stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Willamette Stone was a small stone obelisk originally located in the western hills of Portland, Oregon in the United States.
		It marked the intersection and origin of the Willamette Meridian and Willamette Baseline, which defined the grid system of sections and townships from which all real property in the states of Oregon and Washington has been measured following the Donation Land Claim Act of 1850.
		Baseline Road in Washington County, and Meridian Road in Clackamas and Marion counties, are so named because their alignment lies mostly along the Willamette Baseline and Willamette Meridian, respectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Willamette_Stone (542 words)

	Ayers Consulting
		Willamette Meridian, or W.M.: Is a known, physical point in the ground in Willamette County, Oregon.
		The Guide Meridian Road in Whatcom County Washinton (between Range 2 East and Range 3 East) is exactly 12 miles East of the Willamette Meridian and parallel to the Meridian.
		Except for two small portions of land near Blaine and Birch Bay Washington the Willamette Meridian is West of the shoreline in Whatcom County Washington.
	www.ayersconsulting.com /terms.htm (1936 words)

	TITLE 20
		That portion of Coos County which constitutes the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 36, township 28 south, range 9 west of the Willamette Meridian is transferred to and made a part of Douglas County.
		(1) The boundary of Polk County is as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of Yamhill County, in the center of the main channel of the Willamette River in township 6 south, range 3 west of the Willamette Meridian; thence N 89° 42:MIN.
		E, 900 feet to the middle of the main channel of the Willamette River, at a point in the Willamette River, leaving Gay’s house in Yamhill County; thence down the channel to the place of beginning.
	www.leg.state.or.us /ors/201.html (2573 words)

	Willamette Meridian History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Under the guidance of John B. Preston, the first Surveyor General of Oregon, the meridian was adopted in 1851 and is located on Skyline Boulevard four miles northwest of Portland, Oregon.
		From these surveyed lines, the lands of the Northwest were divided into townships six miles square beginning at the Willamette Base Line numbering north or south and given a range beginning at The Willamette Meridian numbering east and west.
		The best source that we've found regarding the history of the Willamette Meridian is in the 1973 Treasures of the Oregon County, the first of several volumes on Oregon by Maynard C. Drawson.
	www.wmeridian.com /history.html (231 words)

	Kissing the Willamette Stone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Willamette Stone is a small monument in the hills west of Portland.
		It was the origin of all the land surveys in the Oregon Territory.
		The text on the plaque says: "Beginning here, the Willamette Meridian was established, running north to Puget Sound and south to the California border, and the baseline was established running east to the Idaho border and west to the Pacific Ocean.
	www.olympus.net /personal/kg7u/willamette.htm (349 words)

	UW Libraries - Township and Range Explanation
		The starting point for this grid is the intersection of the Willamette Meridian and the Base Line, just west of Portland, Oregon.
		Range is the measure of units east or west of the meridian.
		Washington and Oregon are on the Willamette Meridian.
	www.lib.washington.edu /maps/township2.htm (481 words)

	Land Legal Description \| Land Parcel Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The baselines and meridians are further broken down by lines, going north-south and east-west at intervals of six miles each.
		Townships are referred to by their distance north or south of the baseline and their distance east or west of the meridian.
		A simple example of a legal description using this method is: The northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of the east half of the northeast quarter of township 9 south, range 3 east, Willamette Meridian.
	www.radiusland.com /legal_descriptions.htm (826 words)

	TRS-data
		If your state has more than one meridian and this is unknown, use the Graphical Locater TRS2LL State Coverage Map and select a position near your legal description.
		The position of the principal meridian for any area, in contrast to UTM zones, is largely historical and arbitrary.
		The area governed by each Meridian, also in contrast to UTM zones, is irregular in size and shape, but it frequently follows state lines.
	www.esg.montana.edu /gl/trs-data.html (769 words)

	Roosevelt, Theodore. 1916. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open: Appendix B
		Embracing parts of townships twenty-one and twenty-two north, Willamette Meridian, Washington.
		Embraces all of the islands of the Aleutian chain, Alaska, including Unimak and Sannak Islands on the east and Otter Island on the west, reserved for preserve and breeding-ground for native birds, and in addition thereto for the propagation of reindeer and fur-bearing animals and encouragement and development of the fisheries.
		Embraces 9.68 acres of land in section one, township fifteen north, range twelve east, and five acres in township sixteen north, range twelve east, of the Fifth Principal Meridian, Arkansas.
	www.bartleby.com /57/13.html (1178 words)

	Principal Meridian Project
		The goal of this project is to photograph all of the Principal Meridians at their corresponding Base Lines and post them here.
		All of these initial points are historically significant as most of the land in the United States is referenced to one or another of them.
		In 1785 Congress enacted a law stating that the land in the new States were to be surveyed by a grid system consisting of townships 6 miles square and the said townships were to start at a principal meridian and its base line.
	pmproject.org (439 words)

	HISTORICAL RECORD OF OAK CREEK BENTON COUNTY, OR
		In 1846 the small town of Marysville was established near the confluence of the Marys River and the Willamette by J. Avery.
		The Willamette River is estimated to have had as much as seven mile wide bands of vegetation along its banks, and according to Towle (1982), Muddy Creek, which is only about five times the size of Oak Creek in May, had greater than one mile corridors of woody vegetation (Figure 2).
		Bowen, W.A. The Willamette Valley Migration and Settlement on the Oregon Frontier.
	oregonstate.edu /dept/oakcreek/files/about.html (2926 words)

	Relating to county boundary lines; amending ORS 201.020, 201.200, 201.220, 201.240 and 201.270.
		Identifies middle of Willamette River, Santiam River and Whitewater Creek as existing on January 8, 2003, for purposes of boundaries.
		{ + (1) + } The boundary of Marion County is as follows: { - (1) - } { + (a) + } The line dividing Marion and Yamhill Counties is a line drawn along the middle of the main channel of the Willamette River where that main channel is located on June 22, 1981.
		All land on the east side of the line dividing Marion and Yamhill Counties is part of Marion County.
	www.leg.state.or.us /03reg/measures/hb3200.dir/hb3272.b.html (337 words)

	Surveying Land Claims
		This was the Willamette Stone, the common reference point for all surveys of the Oregon Country.
		A good example of this is the Trullinger claim near Molalla: parts of the claim are in sections 20, 21, 22, 27, and 28 of Township 4 South, Range 2 East.
		The Willamette Meridian was drawn from the Columbia River to California.
	www.endoftheoregontrail.org /road2oregon/sa29surveys.html (803 words)

	Willamette Principal Meridian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Portland, OR The Willamette Meridian was established June 4th, 1851 and runs from the Canadian border to the northern border of California.
		All property in Washington and Oregon is referenced to this point.
		The original stake was replaced by a large stone in 1855 and is now part of The Willamette Stone Park in Portland.
	www.pmproject.org /wpm.htm (67 words)

	Oregon Parks and Recreation: State Parks About Us
		At several places across the nation, the government established a land survey starting point (called a meridian) and drew the grid lines from there.
		It's the "zero point" for the Willamette Meridian.
		A 500' paved trail leading down a moderately steep hill to a bench and viewpoint (there is a short flight of stairs leading from the trail to the Willamette Stone itself).
	www.oregonstateparks.org /park_246.php (190 words)

	Oregon History - Willamette Stone
		This short trail leads to the Willamette Stone, the surveyor's monument that is the point of origin for all public land surveys in Oregon and Washington.
		After exploring the area, Preston selected this site so the primary north-south survey line (Willamette Meridian) would pass west of Vancouver Lake and primary east-west survey line (Base Line) would not cross the Columbia River.
		Preston's original marker - a wooden stake - was replaced in 1885 by a stone monument which became known as the Willamette Stone.
	www.oregon.com /history/hm/willamette_stone.cfm (184 words)

	INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES. Vol. 1, Laws
		Let the lands which are fully described in the accompanying letter of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs be set apart as a reservation for the Snake or Piute Indians, as recommended in the letter of the Secretary of the Interior of this date.
		The reservation of the land within denoted by blue-shaded lines is hereby made for the purposes indicated in letter of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the 10th September last and letter of the Secretary of the Interior of the 8th November, 1855.
		The Commissioner of Indian Affairs is of the opinion that the interests of the citizens of Oregon will be promoted by the opening of a port of entry at Aquina Bay, and that their interest is paramount in importance to that of the Indians located in that vicinity.
	digital.library.okstate.edu /kappler/Vol1/HTML_files/ORE0886.html (1121 words)

	State Lands_141_088
		The location of Head of Tide in the Siltcoos River estuary is approximately River Mile 3, at the Siltcoos Lake Outlet (Sections 32, 33, and 34 of Township 19 South, Range 12 West, Willamette Meridian).
		The location of Head of Tide in the Tenmile Creek estuary is approximately River mile1.1, at the Tenmile Lake Outlet (Sections 22, 23, and 14 of Township 23 South, Range 13 West, Willamette Meridian).
		The location of Head of Tide in the Tahkenitch Creek estuary is approximately River Mile 1.2 at the Tahkenitch Creek Outlet (Sections 19 and 20, Township 20 South, Range 12 West, Willamette Meridian).
	arcweb.sos.state.or.us /rules/OARS_100/OAR_141/141_088.html (2537 words)

	OSU College Forests :: McDonald-Dunn Forest
		The McDonald-Dunn Research Forest consists of approximately 11,250 acres of predominantly forested land on the western edge of the Willamette Valley in Oregon, and on the eastern foothills of the Coast Range.
		The Forest is in Townships 10 and 11 South, and Range 5 West, Willamette Meridian.
		In general, the streams and ridges extend northwest and southeast from the main ridge.
	www.cof.orst.edu /cf/forests/mcdonald (235 words)

	[or-roots] Andrew L. Clearkin, Grant Co., OR 1906 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I found all of this in Baker Co. for a gr gr grandmother's 160 acres and also for one of her sons in CO. Have gotten the records from the BLM.
		The Willamette meridian line crosses the base line in Portland, not Salem.
		I found all of this in Baker Co. for a gr gr grandmother's= 160 acres and also for one of her sons in CO. Have gotten the records from=20= the BLM. andnbsp; The Willamette meridian line crosses the base line in Portland,= not Salem.
	www.sos.state.or.us /pipermail/or-roots/2004-December/005642.html (970 words)

	The Hysteria of Portland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Founded in 1842 on the Willamette River, it was originally a resting place, halfway between the original capital, Oregon City, and the then Fort Vancouver (both of these towns are now considered suburbs).
		The other zero-point is the Willamette River, a once beautiful waterway that divides Portland into east and west.
		The north south line was chosen because it ran straight through the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette rivers.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /bdag/portland/portland.html (1117 words)

	Chow! : Eugene Weekly's Restaurant Guide
		Willamette: 7 am- 6 pm M-F, 8 am- 5 pm Sa, 9 am- 4 pm Su.
		Meridian: 8 am-7 pm M-F, 10 am-7 pm Sa, 11 am-5 pm Su.
		Willamette: 6:30 am-9 pm M-F, 7 am-9 pm Sa-Su.
	www.eugeneweekly.com /2005/04/28/chow/cafes.html (1023 words)

	Oregon National Forest Administrative Site Disposal Act
		(4) TRACT SIS-B- Chetco Ranger District Housing Complex, Brookings, Oregon, consisting of approximately 1.5 acres in the SW1/4, Block 29, of section 5, township 41 south, range 13 west, Willamette meridian, and containing the Chetco Ranger District and the associated housing complex.
		(17) TRACT WIL-O- Willamette National Forest Warehouse Administrative Site, Eugene, Oregon, consisting of approximately 2.4 acres in the NW1/4SE1/4 of section 25, township 17 south, range 4 west, Willamette meridian, and containing the Willamette National Forest Warehouse Administrative Site and the associated administrative buildings.
		(c) Condition of Conveyance- As a condition of the conveyance under this section, the City and the Upper Willamette Pioneer Association shall agree to honor the life and contributions of Loran L. `Stub' Stewart with an appropriate display in the museum established on the conveyed property.
	www.theorator.com /bills109/hr3013.html (1989 words)

	Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		-- The segment of the main stem from the south side of Steese Highway in township 7 north, range 10 east, Fairbanks meridian, downstream to the south side of the Steese Highway in township 10 north, range 16 east; to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
		-- The segment of the main stem from the headwaters in township 12 south, range 3 west, Kateel River meridian extending downstream approximately 65 miles to the western boundary of township 18 south, range 8 west; to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
		-- The 12-mile segment from the Willamette National Forest boundary to slack water in Green Peter Reservoir as a recreational river; to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
	www.nps.gov /rivers/wsract.html (9264 words)

	Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
		The Principal Meridian would, after crossing the river, lie just east of the river and just west of Vancouver Lake.
		Thus we have Township 1 North of Range 1 East of the Willamette Meridian, and successively as you progress further from the Initial Point.
		Township 7 north of Range 31 East of the Willamette Meridian:
	www.wa-lcthf.org /glotrail.html (501 words)

	Groundspeak - Benchmark Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Perpendicular "Willamette Meridian" goes due north to the Canadian border, and due south to the California state line.
		Unfortunately, in the 1980s the stone was vandalized and there is no record in the NGS datasheet that the horizontal control was preserved when the present disk and concrete base was put in to replace the stone.
		This is a truly moving experience to stand at the intersection of the base line and ist meridian for all of Washington and Oregon.
	www.geocaching.com /mark/details.aspx?PID=RD3152 (2384 words)

	Chapter 201 — Boundaries of Counties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		(1) The territory bounded north by Multnomah County, east and south by the Willamette River and west by the meridian line, and that part of Washington County lying in section 12, in township 3 south of the base line, and township 1 west of the Willamette Meridian.
		(2) So much of Yamhill County as is embraced within township 3 south of range 1 west of Willamette Meridian, as described on the government surveys.
		(1) The line dividing Marion and Yamhill Counties is a line drawn along the middle of the main channel of the Willamette River where that main channel is located on June 22, 1981.
	www.paperadvantage.org /ORS/201.html (1317 words)

	[or-roots] Aliquot Parts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I am confused about aliquot parts, and would appreciate help to find just where this land actually is. The patentees were James and Ellen Casey.
		There were 3 aliquot parts, all in Township 5-S, Range 1-W, Willamette Meridian, Marion County.
		The remark listed was Lot 3 of S Half of SW Aliquots 1 and 2 were in Sec./Block 6.
	www.sos.state.or.us /pipermail/or-roots/2006-March/009525.html (404 words)

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