Amos Cook was born January 8, 1816 in Maine
Amos Cook was 23 when he joined the "Peoria Party" Organized by THOMAS JEFFERSON FARNHAM/Lawyer and Captain of the Party.
Amos along with the Party of Men set out from Peoria,Illinois on May 1, 1839. Their purpose was to colonize the Oregon County, raise the U.S. Flag and "run" the Hudson's Bay Company out of the country.
The party carried a flag with the motto "OREGON OR THE GRAVE" naming the group of 19 the "OREGON DRAGOONS"
Amos Cook was one of few who receached FORT VANCOUVER on June 1, 1840, thirteen months after leaving Peoria.
He was the last surviving member of the Peoria Party when he died at his home near Dayton, Oregon on February 3, 1895.
Amos Cook was born January 8, 1816 in Maine
Amos Cook was 23 when he joined the "Peoria Party" Organized by THOMAS JEFFERSON FARNHAM/Lawyer and Captain of the Party.
Amos along with the Party of Men set out from Peoria,Illinois on May 1, 1839. Their purpose was to colonize the Oregon County, raise the U.S. Flag and "run" the Hudson's Bay Company out of the country.
The party carried a flag with the motto "OREGON OR THE GRAVE" naming the group of 19 the "OREGON DRAGOONS"
Amos Cook was one of few who receached FORT VANCOUVER on June 1, 1840, thirteen months after leaving Peoria.
He was the last surviving member of the Peoria Party when he died at his home near Dayton, Oregon on February 3, 1895.
Inscription
Pioneer of 1840 - He rests with nature and with nature's God
Gravesite Details
h/o Mary Frances Scott Cook
Family Members
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