Notes for Moses Goodwin

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Notes for Moses Goodwin

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In the early 1860 Moses Goodwin purchased land from a squatter for one span of horses. In 1868 the Umatilla County Court had a three membert selection committee to determine a site for the County Buildings. The site selected was between Birch and Wildhorse Creek to be name Pendleton in honor of Senator George H. Pendleton of Ohio. In December of that Year Moses Goodwin and his wife deeded 2 1/2 acres of land to the county from which the original town was platted on December 18, 1868. --- Extract from www.pendleton.or.us/History.htm