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Willamette Mission State Park

Willamette Mission State Park
Formerly: Mission Bottom Lone Tree Bar State Park[1]
A "ghost structure" marks the location of the mission
10991 Wheatland Rd NE Gervais, OR 97026 Show map of Oregon Willamette Mission State Park (the United States) Show map of the United States
Type	Public, state
Location	Marion County, Oregon
Nearest city	Gervais
Coordinates	45°04′31″N 123°03′00″W / 45.0753964°N 123.0500988°W / 45.0753964; -123.0500988[2]
Area	1,680 acres (680 ha)
Created	October 6, 1834
Founder	Rev. Jason Lee
Operated by	Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Visitors	~280,000[3]
Status	Open all year
Designated	May 24, 1982
Willamette Station Site, Methodist Mission in Oregon
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
City of Gervias, Oregon - Marion County
Area	~6 Acres
Built	1834-1836
Architect	Rev. Jason Lee, Missionary
Architectural style	Un-hewn log Wood slab-lap roof
NRHP reference No.	84003040[4]
Added to NRHP	August 1, 1984

Willamette Mission State Park is a state park in the U.S. stateofOregon, located about four miles (6 km) north of Keizer adjacent to the Wheatland Ferry and east of the Willamette River. It includes Willamette Station Site, Methodist Mission in Oregon, which is listed by the National Register of Historic Places.^[1][5]

The park is the site of the Willamette Mission, established in 1834 by Jason Lee, who traveled to the area to convert Native Americans in the Oregon Country to Christianity. The missionaries built a one-room house that served as a school, chapel, hospital, and living quarters. They later added onto the house and built a barn. In September 1837, more missionaries arrived and built a blacksmith shop, granary, hospital, and a building that doubled as a school and a dining hall; the ensuing settlement became known as Mission Bottom. The mission later moved in 1840 to Salem (known then as Chemeketa). In a flood in 1861, the mission site was extensively damaged, and the Willamette River changed its course. The mission site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the "Willamette Station Site, Methodist Mission in Oregon".^[1] A "ghost structure" marks the location of the mission.^[6]

Located along the east bank of the Willamette River, the 1,680-acre (6.8 km²) park contains eight miles (13 km) of hiking trails along the river.^[7] The park is home to what might be the largest black cottonwood in the United States.^[8][9] The Willamette Mission Cottonwood was designated an Oregon Heritage Tree by the Oregon Heritage Tree Committee.^[10]

• List of Oregon State Parks

• "Website: Oregon State Parks". Oregon Parks and Recreation. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
• "Willamette Mission State Park". Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
• "Printable Trail Map (2009)- Willamette Mission State Park". Oregon State Library - Digital Collections. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
• "Website: Willamette Greenway". Willamette Riverkeeper.org. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
• "Search: Oregon Historic Sites Database". Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Retrieved March 22, 2018.