Champoeg State Heritage Area (State Park)
Champoeg features a unique combination of history, nature, and recreation. This is the site where Oregon’s first provisional government was formed by a historical vote in 1843. Situated on the south bank of the scenic Willamette River, Champoeg’s acres of…
Weston Family Cemetery
This small Weston Family Cemetery, or burial ground, is located within the confines of the Champoeg State Park, which is near Butteville, Oregon. (Pronounced Sham-pooee, after a Native American name). David Weston came to OR in what some claim to…
Saint Paul Catholic Cemetery
The town of St. Paul, established in 1839, was the first Catholic mission in the Oregon Country south of the Columbia River. Rev. Francois Norbert Blanchet, the newly arrived French Canadian missionary, established the mission for the French Indian families…
Nottinghamshire Farms
A certified organic fruit and vegetable family farm offering high-quality organic fruit and vegetables. Nottinghamshire Farms’ crops include strawberries, snap peas, shelling peas, slicing cucumbers, pickling cucumbers, zucchini, sweet corn, winter squash and pumpkins. Located just one quarter-mile from Champoeg…
Champoeg State Park Historical Archeological District
Champoeg State Heritage Area features a rare combination of history, nature, and recreation. Situated south of Newberg along the scenic Willamette River, Champoeg’s forests, fields, and wetlands recreate the landscape of a bygone era. This is the site where Oregon’s…
Casper Zorn Farmhouse
The house on Champoeg Farm was built between 1867-70, by John Hoefer and Casper Zorn. It is a combination of southern and western design, a two-story frame building, consisting of fourteen rooms. The structure has a brick pillar foundation and…
Burning Boar BBQ
Established in 2012. Started a food cart in October that my family and myself built. Having a great time learning the cooking trade, and really enjoying the smiles I see my food provide. I make a MEAN pulled pork sandwich,…
Champoeg Creamery
A family farm where contented cows graze in fields of green grass, Champoeg Creamry produces delicious fresh millk, cheese, and eggs. Kids and adults alike can sign up for classes and camps to learn about life on a working farm,…
Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway
As an introduction to the bounty of Oregon – and Oregon cycling – the Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway is a great way to go. You can relive Oregon’s history, sample the agricultural bounty of the Valley, pedal through tranquil scenery…