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The New Year of 2008 will
mark the 40th anniversary of Canby Historical
 Society,
which was incorporated on
May 15, 1968,
by John R. Nieland,
Herman A. Bergman and Viola Mack. These long time citizens of
the community had a strong insight and mission to gather and
preserve materials relating to the history of
Canby, Oregon. Within a year, the society received notice of
its designation as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. Canby
Historical Society continues as an active civic organization
and its members collect
artifacts, photographs and stories on behalf of the
society.
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General
Edward Richard
Sprigg
Canby
1819-1873
General
Canby was a hero of the Civil War and
the Indian campaigns.
He
was Commander of the Columbia
Department of the US
Army. The city of
Canby, Oregon was named in
honor of General
Canby by his good friend, Ben
Holladay at the
time that Philander Lee filed the
plat for the
town in August of 1871.
While on his
way to the Modoc Indian wars,
General Canby and his military
unit camped
near the Town of Canby for the
night. While
there, the General was heard to say that
the
town of Canby was the most beautiful spot he
had ever seen and that after his retirement from
service in the US Army, he
was coming back to spend his remaining days.
On April 11, 1873,
while negotiating peace with the Modoc Indians, General
Canby was killed by Captain Jack, the Modoc
Indian Chief, in the Lava Beds
on the Northern California border. General
Canby's body is interred at
Indianapolis, Indiana, and a Cross Monument was erected in Lava
Beds
National Monument
Canby Historical Society
888 N.E. Fourth Avenue
Mailing: P.O. Box 160
Canby,
Oregon 97013
Phone: 503-266-6712
E-mail:
depotmuseum@canby.com
Museum Hours
1:00pm - 4:00pm - Thursday through
Sunday
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