Harvey W. Scott
| Harvey W. Scott | |
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February 1, 1838 Tazewell County, IL |
| Died | August 7, 1910 (aged 72) Baltimore, MD |
| Occupation | Newspaper editor, The Oregonian |
Harvey Whitefield Scott (1838–1910) was an American pioneer, newspaper editor, and historian. Scott is best remembered as the long-time editorialist of The Oregonian newspaper and was regarded by his contemporaries as instrumental in bringing the state of Oregon firmly into the political camp of the Republican Party.
Scott was born February 1, 1838 in rural Tazewell County, Illinois, near the town of Peoria, the son of John Tucker Scott, a farmer=Chapman>Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon: Containing Original Sketches of Many Well Known Citizens of the Past and Presento, IL: Chapman Publishing Co., 1904; pp. 71-73.</ref> The family crossed the Rocky Mountains as pioneers to Oregon in 1852, settling in Yamhill County, where they remained one year before relocating north to Mason County on Puget Sound in the Washington Territory.
In 1855 and 1856 Scott fought for a year as a volunteer in the Puget Sound War, serving with the local militia in skirmishes against the Nisqually, Muckleshoot, Puyallup, and Klickitat peoples.
With the so-called Indian War at an end, in 1857 Scott walked 150 miles from the family home on Puget Sound to Forest Grove, Oregon, where he attended high school for four months. During this interval Scott's parents moved their own home from the Washington Territory back to Oregon, establishing for themselves a new farm about 20 miles south of Oregon City. The family moved again in 1859, establishing a saw mill at Forest Grove.
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