2021 CCSO Year In Review - Flipbook - Page 8
CC SO 2021 Ye ar in R e v ie w
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CCSO History
Oregon’s first-ever Sheriff’s Association
meets on the steps of the Marion County
Courthouse, July 21, 1890. Highlighted
is Clackamas County Sheriff William
W.H. Samson, who served as Sheriff
from 1888-92.
A T R A D IT IO N OF
Service
since 1845
EARLY SHER I FFS O F
CLACKAMAS CO U N TY
Wil l ia m Living ston Holm e s
John R . S hav e r
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O
regon City, the county seat of
Clackamas County, was the first
incorporated city west of the Rocky
Mountains, the first capital of the territorial
government in 1848, and the site of the first
state legislative session. It was designated
in the 1980s by the National Park Service
as the official “End of the Oregon Trail,” the
2,000-mile road that brought pioneers from
Independence, Mo. to the Northwest.
Established on July 5, 1843, Clackamas County is named
for the resident Clackamas Native American tribe, and is one
of the four original Oregon counties. As capital of the Oregon
Territory, Oregon City was also the site of the only federal
and district courts west of the Rockies. In 1850, when San
Francisco was platted, officials from the California city had to
file the map in Clackamas County. The original plat hangs in
a museum in Oregon City. The territorial capital eventually
was moved to Salem, and the U.S. Court was later
