Harvey W. Scott

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birth_date = February 1 1838
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death_date = August 7 1910
death_place = Baltimore, Maryland
occupation = Newspaper editor, "The Oregonian"
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Harvey Whitefield Scott (February 1, 1838 – August 7, 1910) was an American pioneer, newspaper editor, and historian.

Scott was born in the U.S. state of Illinois and migrated to Oregon with his family in 1852. He was the first alumnus of Pacific University in 1863 and was editor of the "The Oregonian" newspaper from 1866–1872. His editorials strongly supported the Union and the newly emerging Republican party during the Civil War. Scott also edited the first history of Portland, Oregon, published in 1890, [cite book
last=Scott
first=Harvey
authorlink=Harvey W. Scott
title=History of Portland Oregon
publisher=D. Mason & Co., Syracuse
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=UsKKpvOVRRUC&printsec=titlepage
date=1890] , and compiled the six-volume "History of the Oregon Country" with his son, Leslie M. Scott, who published it after Harvey's death. [cite book
last=Scott
first=Harvey W.
authorlink=Harvey W. Scott
coauthors=Leslie M. Scott
year=1924
title=History of the Oregon Country
location=Cambridge
publisher=Riverside Press
url=http://worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/6608313
pages=187]

Scott died in Baltimore, Maryland in 1910. Scott is buried at River View Cemetery in Portland. [ [http://www.riverviewcemetery.org/index2.html River View Cemetery] ]

Mount Scott, an extinct volcano in Happy Valley, was named after him, as was Harvey Scott Elementary School in Northeast Portland. A statue of him stands at the summit of Portland's Mount Tabor.

See also

* Abigail Scott Duniway – Harvey's sister, started a rival newspaper "The New Northwest" in support of women's suffrage
* Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition – Scott was president from 1903 to 1905.
* Henry Pittock

References

* [http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-Harvey-Scott.cfm Oregon Historical Society biography]
* [http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/or/bios/scott-hw.txt Rootsweb biography]
* [http://www.portlandground.com/archives/2006/05/harvey_w_scott_1.php Photograph of Harvey W. Scott statue]

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