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Bristow Monument

OREGON HISTORY 
BRISTOW MONUMENT 

ELIJAH BRISTOW, A VETERAN OF ANDREW
JACKSON'S ARMY, ERECTED HIS CABIN HERE 
ON PLEASANT HILL IN 1846 EARLIEST YEAR 
OF SETTLEMENT IN LANE COUNTY. HE AND 
HIS WIFE SUSANNAH THEN LED IN ESTABLISH-
IN THE COUNTY'S FIRST CHURCH AND FIRST 
SCHOOL. THIS REPLICA OF THEIR FIREPLACE
IS FROM THE ORIGINAL STONES.


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