Albert E. Tozier
Albert E. Tozier was an American newspaper editor and local historian in Oregon. A native of Nebraska, he moved to Oregon as a child with his parents, settling in Hillsboro. His father, Charles T. Tozier, served as mayor of the town and in the Oregon Legislative Assembly. Albert worked as editor of The Hillsboro Argus and curator of the museum at Champoeg.
Albert Tozier was born in Cass County, Nebraska, to Charles and Zerilda Tozier on March 7, 1860. Of French descent, the Tozier family immigrated to North America and settled in Nova Scotia before moving to the United States. The family traveled overland with a team of oxen to Oregon via the Oregon Trail in 1863, settling in Washington County near Hillsboro. There Tozier attended Tualatin Academy preparatory school in neighboring Forest Grove where he graduated in 1881. In 1872, he rang the bell at the Hillsboro Methodist Church on New Years Eve to announce the new year. He returned to do this for 64 consecutive years, traveling from as far away as New York City and South America to keep his streak alive.
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