Mountain View Cemetery -Walking Tour

Take a 'virtual' stroll through this Historic Cemetery

	Robert Caufield Block 57 Born in 1805 in Ireland, he arrived in the United States in 1832 and emigrated to Oregon with his wife, Jane in 1847. They established a donation land claim on the outskirts of Oregon City, and operated a store on Main Street, which Jane ran as her husband became increasingly involved in public life. Robert served as the county’s first judge after Oregon became a state. He died in 1891 and Jane in 1899. Peter Skene Ogden (see image of tombstone) Block 79 A significant figure in the history of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, he is particularly associated with the Hudson’s Bay Company, which he served for many years. One of the period’s greatest explorers, he is generally credited with being the first white man to venture into central Oregon, finding passage over the Cascade mountain range and leading expeditions into the Sanke River country. He was successor to McLoughlin as chief factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company, and later ransomed the survivors of the Whitman Massacre at the missionary’s station near Walla Walla Washington in 1847. He died here in 1854 at the age of 60. Absolom F. Hedges Block 144 Hedges played a significant role in the development of the Willamette Valley, through his establishment of Canemah, an early riverboat community on the Willamette River several miles south of Oregon City, which he platted in 1849. He and several partners built The Canemah, one of the first steamboats to ply the upper river, and established a number of other businesses in Canemah. He died in 1890. Peter Rinearson Block 163 Born in Ohio in 1818, he settled his donation land claim near the mouth of the Clackamas River in 1845, where he farmed and raised horses. He and his brother Jacob, a major in the Oregon Cavalry, established one of the first ferries in the area, and the first state fair was held on his property. He died in 1889. Colonel W.L. White Block 200 Born in Virginia in 1819, he arrived in Oregon in 1850, and became active in territorial, state and local politics throughout most of his later life. By 1854 he had een appointed clerk of the Territorial Legislature, and continued as chief clerk of the Oregon legislature in the 1860’s and 70’s. He opened the first hotel in Canemah and later operated the Cliff House, a major hotel in Oregon City. He was appointed a Clackamas County judge in 1874, a position he held until 1890. Sidney Moss Block 223 Born in Kentucky in 1810, he was an early pioneer who arrived in Oregon City in 1842, when he surveyed it for Dr. John McLoughlin. A stonecutter by trade, Moss participated in a number of early city enterprises, and has been credited with establishing “the first hotel west of the Rocky Mountains” and also “the first store west of the Rockies,”(excluding the Hudson’s Bay Company stores). He died in 1901. Charles Pope Block 320 Born in 1807, he arrive din Oregon City in 1851, where he established a hardware store, and later ‘Pope and Company,’ an enterprise with his son. He was a leading Oregon City Methodist, and served as Oregon City treasurer. He died in 1871. L.D.C. Latourette Block 356 Born in 1825, he settled a donation land claim on the outskirts of Oregon City and operated a store on Main Street. Two of his sons, Charles and DeWitt Clinton, also buried here, co-founded the Bank of Oregon City. Charles also served as mayor of Oregon City and DeWitt was a city attorney and councilman. L.D.C. Latourette died in 1886.

Robert Caufield
Block 57
Born in 1805 in Ireland, he arrived in the United States in 1832 and emigrated to Oregon with his wife, Jane in 1847. They established a donation land claim on the outskirts of Oregon City, and operated a store on Main Street, which Jane ran as her husband became increasingly involved in public life. Robert served as the county’s first judge after Oregon became a state. He died in 1891 and Jane in 1899.
Peter Skene Ogden (see image of tombstone)
Block 79
A significant figure in the history of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, he is particularly associated with the Hudson’s Bay Company, which he served for many years. One of the period’s greatest explorers, he is generally credited with being the first white man to venture into central Oregon, finding passage over the Cascade mountain range and leading expeditions into the Sanke River country. He was successor to McLoughlin as chief factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company, and later ransomed the survivors of the Whitman Massacre at the missionary’s station near Walla Walla Washington in 1847. He died here in 1854 at the age of 60.
Absolom F. Hedges
Block 144
Hedges played a significant role in the development of the Willamette Valley, through his establishment of Canemah, an early riverboat community on the Willamette River several miles south of Oregon City, which he platted in 1849. He and several partners built The Canemah, one of the first steamboats to ply the upper river, and established a number of other businesses in Canemah. He died in 1890.
Peter Rinearson
Block 163
Born in Ohio in 1818, he settled his donation land claim near the mouth of the Clackamas River in 1845, where he farmed and raised horses. He and his brother Jacob, a major in the Oregon Cavalry, established one of the first ferries in the area, and the first state fair was held on his property. He died in 1889.
Colonel W.L. White
Block 200
Born in Virginia in 1819, he arrived in Oregon in 1850, and became active in territorial, state and local politics throughout most of his later life. By 1854 he had een appointed clerk of the Territorial Legislature, and continued as chief clerk of the Oregon legislature in the 1860’s and 70’s. He opened the first hotel in Canemah and later operated the Cliff House, a major hotel in Oregon City. He was appointed a Clackamas County judge in 1874, a position he held until 1890.
Sidney Moss
Block 223
Born in Kentucky in 1810, he was an early pioneer who arrived in Oregon City in 1842, when he surveyed it for Dr. John McLoughlin. A stonecutter by trade, Moss participated in a number of early city enterprises, and has been credited with establishing “the first hotel west of the Rocky Mountains” and also “the first store west of the Rockies,”(excluding the Hudson’s Bay Company stores). He died in 1901.
Charles Pope
Block 320
Born in 1807, he arrive din Oregon City in 1851, where he established a hardware store, and later ‘Pope and Company,’ an enterprise with his son. He was a leading Oregon City Methodist, and served as Oregon City treasurer. He died in 1871.
L.D.C. Latourette
Block 356
Born in 1825, he settled a donation land claim on the outskirts of Oregon City and operated a store on Main Street. Two of his sons, Charles and DeWitt Clinton, also buried here, co-founded the Bank of Oregon City. Charles also served as mayor of Oregon City and DeWitt was a city attorney and councilman. L.D.C. Latourette died in 1886.