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This article is onlhy half correct. Yes Elijah Davidson was a founder of Monmouth, but there were a total of 5 men that founded and donated land for the town and for the college. On October 16, 1856 The minutes from the Board for the Oregon College of Education, now the WOU noted the following land donations to the town and the college. Squire Stoten ( Stauton) Whitman 200 acres Elijah Davidson 80 acres AW Lucas 20 acres JB Smith 80 acres Thomas H Lucas 80 acres These men and their famlies were very instrumental in Polk County but specifically Monmouth. They traveled from Monmouth Illinois to Monmouth Oregon over the Oregon trail with teams of oxen pulling their wagons. and made the trip in 6 months, a record for that time period for ox drawn covered wagons.

The reader can note that one of the main streets in Monmouth is named after Squire and Elizabeth Davidson Whitman.

Thank you for making the appropoiate corrected notations. If additional historical information is of interest, you may contact me.