John B. Preston

For other people of the same name, see John Preston.
Preston, about 1860
Preston's map of northwestern Oregon as of 1952.

John B. Preston was the first Surveyor General of the Oregon Territory in the Western United States.[1] He was appointed by President Millard Fillmore to create a system for surveying land in the territory;[2] he lost his position in 1853, and "drifted into obscurity."[3]

References

  1. ↑ Corning, Howard M. (1989) Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 138.
  2. ↑ Atwood, Kay (2008). Chaining Oregon: Surveying the Public Lands of the Pacific Northwest, 1851-1855. McDonald & Woodward. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-939923-20-5.
  3. ↑ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon. Caxton Press. pp. 279–80. ISBN 978-0-87004-332-1.

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