Asa Lawrence Lovejoy (born 1808 in Massachusetts, died 1882) was an Oregon pioneer and one of the founders of the city of Portland, Oregon. A lawyer from Boston, Lovejoy first came to the Oregon Territory in 1842, headed back east that winter, and returned in 1843. That year, Lovejoy and traveling companion William Overton split a claim to a 640-acre (1 sq mile) tract along the Willamette River; a site which would later become part of downtown Portland. Wikipedia
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