![](/images/cat_icons/AmericanGuide.gif) Jefferson, Oregon
Posted by: ddtfamily
N 44° 43.060 W 123° 00.714
10T E 499057 N 4951587
Small mid-Willamette Valley town on the east bank of the Santiam river
Waymark Code: WMH5HH
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2013
Views: 4
"JEFFERSON, 74.3 m. (241 alt., 391 pop.), is on the north bank of the Santiam River. Once it was the head of navigation on the Santiam, though travel on any part of the river was difficult except during high water. Jefferson was formerly the seat of a pioneer school known as Jefferson Institute. The Scottish botanist, David Douglas, discovered many interesting plants in this vicinity, among them the native tobacco. On November 15, 1826, he swam the cold, swollen stream and thought nothing of danger, though mourning because his precious collection of plants had become soaked in the crossing." -Oregon: End of the Trail, 1940, pp. 310-311
Today the city of Jefferson has a population of 3,133 (as of 2011) and is the self-proclaimed "Mint Capital of the World" and "Frog Jumping Capital of Oregon." One weekend each summer it is home to the "Mint Festival & Frog Jump," featuring a pancake breakfast, parade, car show, live music and, of course, a frog-jumping contest.
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Book: Oregon: End of the Trail
![](/images/spacer.gif) Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 310-311
![](/images/spacer.gif) Year Originally Published: 1940
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