Pleasant Hill, Oregon, 97455

44. Oregon History Monument

Elijah Bristow, a veteran of Andrew Jackson's army, erected his cabin here on Pleasant Hill in 1846 earliest year of settlement in Lane County. He and his wife Susannah then led in establishing the county's first church and first school. This replica of their fireplace is from the original stones. This monument is along side of State Highway 58 a little east of the shopping center.