Harvey W. Scott
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| Harvey W. Scott | ||
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| Born | February 1, 1838 | |
| Birth place | Illinois | |
| Died | August 7, 1910 | |
| in | Baltimore, Maryland | |
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| Occupation | Newspaper editor, The Oregonian | |
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Harvey Whitefield Scott (February 1, 1838 – August 7, 1910) was an American pioneer, newspaper editor, and historian.
Scott was born in the U.S. state of Illinois and migrated to Oregon with his family in 1852. He was the first alumnus of Pacific University in 1863 and was editor of the The Oregonian newspaper from 1866–1872. His editorials strongly supported the Union and the newly emerging Republican party during the Civil War. Scott also edited the first history of Portland, Oregon, published in 1890,[1], and compiled the six-volume History of the Oregon Country with his son, Leslie M. Scott, who published it after Harvey's death.[2]
Scott died in Baltimore, Maryland in 1910. Scott is buried at River View Cemetery in Portland.[3]
Mount Scott, an extinct volcano in Happy Valley, was named after him, as was Harvey Scott Elementary School in Northeast Portland. A statue of him stands at the summit of Portland's Mount Tabor.
[edit] See also
- Abigail Scott Duniway – Harvey's sister, started a rival newspaper The New Northwest in support of women's suffrage
- Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition – Scott was president from 1903 to 1905.
[edit] References
- ^ Scott, Harvey (1890). History of Portland Oregon. D. Mason & Co., Syracuse.
- ^ Scott, Harvey W.; Leslie M. Scott (1924). History of the Oregon Country. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 187.
- ^ River View Cemetery
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