Our History 

Local History Resources

• "From Boone to Boom Town: The History of Wilsonville" by Mick Scott | April 28, 2015  https://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/residents/page/history-wilsonville or this link to go directly to the video: https://vimeo.com/129160192

• Wilsonville History in Photos

• Emery and Alice Aden Digital Image Collection

The Lehan Lectures: A four-part series recorded in      2020 with local Historian Charlotte Lehan.

Lecture # 1: A Brief History of Wilsonville's Origin | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyar9YZg2Zk

Lecture # 2: Villebois and the Controversial Sitting of Coffee Creek Prison | https://youtu.be/HcAVhkNxjCk?si=AfEgGFiVkwR0i0vb

Lecture # 3: Tapping an unlikely source - The Willamette River | https://youtu.be/xCpPdSETRcM?si=hk2HKczGR_gOib6W

Lecture # 4: A History of Preservation - Trees, Trails ad the Graham Oaks Nature Park |  https://youtu.be/whpbtsmiag8?si=9UxEuWGVKkrlEgpv

Pleasant View Cemetery has a lot of biographical information on early families in the area | http://www.pleasantviewcemetery.org/

The Heritage Collection at the Wilsonville Library, look for:

Looking Back: The Land at Eden's Gate | Copyright 2008

• • • 1. Free Land for Free Men by Vera Martin Lynch | Copyright 1973

      2. Champoeg: Place of Transition by J.A. Hussey | Copyright 1967

Written Histories:

• • • 1.  Wilsonville: Gateway to the Willamette Valley | Wilsonville Chamber of Commerce | https://wilsonvillechamber.com/relocation/history

      2. Wandering Through Wilsonville's History | Explore Wilsonville | https://explorewilsonville.com/wandering-through-wilsonvilles-history/

Taking a Step Forward and looking back in Wilsonville | Explore Wilsonville | https://explorewilsonville.com/taking-a-step-forward-and-looking-back-in-wilsonville