Publication: Oregon State University, Anthropology Department
Author: Helen Delight Stone
Date of Publication: June 1997
PDF File: StoneHelenDelight1998.pdf
Description
Andrew Smith, the owner, was an important figure in early Oregon history. He came across the Oregon Trail in one of the first migrations in 1842, and he was one of the co-founders of the City of Dayton. Andrew Smith settled in Yamhill County, Oregon, in 1844. His first enterprize was operating a ferry (at the mouth of Palmer Creek) across the Yamhill River. In 1848 he married the daughter of another early pioneer, Joel Palmer.