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Oct 04, 1810 Ontario, Canada Died on 09 Jun 1881 (aged 70)
trailblazing pioneer, guidebook author, U.S. politician
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About Joel Palmer
- General Joel Palmer (October 4, 1810 – June 9, 1881) was an American pioneer of the Oregon Territory in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
- He was born in Canada, and spent his early years in New York and Pennsylvania before serving as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives. Palmer traveled to the Oregon Country in 1845.
- He played a central role in blazing the last leg of the Oregon Trail, the Barlow Road, with Sam Barlow and others.
- Specifically, Palmer is noted for having climbed high on Mount Hood to observe the surrounding area when the party ran into difficulty.
- He wrote a popular immigrant guidebook, co-founded Dayton, Oregon, and served as a controversial Indian Affairs administrator.
- After Oregon became a state, Palmer served in both branches of the Oregon Legislative Assembly.
- He was selected as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives for one session in 1862, and in 1870 lost a bid to become Governor of Oregon. The Palmer House, his former home in Dayton, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
