Harvey W. Scott

Harvey Whitefield Scott was an American pioneer, newspaper editor, and historian. Scott is best remembered as the longtime 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.

Harvey Whitefield Scott was born February 1, 1838 in rural Tazewell County, Illinois, near the town of Peoria, the son of John Tucker Scott, a farmer. 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.

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