CC SO 2021 Ye ar in R e v ie w•CCSO HistoryOregon’s first-ever Sheriff’s Associationmeets on the steps of the Marion CountyCourthouse, July 21, 1890. Highlightedis Clackamas County Sheriff WilliamW.H. Samson, who served as Sherifffrom 1888-92.A T R A D IT IO N OFServicesince 1845EARLY SHER I FFS O FCLACKAMAS CO U N TYWil l ia m Living ston Holm e sJohn R . S hav e r8Oregon City, the county seat ofClackamas County, was the firstincorporated city west of the RockyMountains, the first capital of the territorialgovernment in 1848, and the site of the firststate legislative session. It was designatedin the 1980s by the National Park Serviceas the official “End of the Oregon Trail,” the2,000-mile road that brought pioneers fromIndependence, Mo. to the Northwest.Established on July 5, 1843, Clackamas County is namedfor the resident Clackamas Native American tribe, and is oneof the four original Oregon counties. As capital of the OregonTerritory, Oregon City was also the site of the only federaland district courts west of the Rockies. In 1850, when SanFrancisco was platted, officials from the California city had tofile the map in Clackamas County. The original plat hangs ina museum in Oregon City. The territorial capital eventuallywas moved to Salem, and the U.S. Court was later
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