Samuel Parker (1779 – 1866) was a Presbyterian minister who was an early explorer and missionary in the Oregon Territory. A native of Massachusetts, he attended Williams College and Andover Theological Seminary. After practicing as a minister for some twenty years in New York, he decided to go West in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark to preach to Native Americans. He initially stopped at the Green River rendezvous of the American Fur Company, then camped at the Hudson Bay Company’s outpost at Fort Vancouver. He travelled through the interior of the Oregon Territory, including the Willamette Valley, determining suitable sites for future missions. Afterwards, Parker returned east, reported his findings, which became influential on later missionaries, and then wrote an account of his travels entitled Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains.
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- Americas, North America, Pacific Northwest - Hawaii - Alaska, Texas and The West
Map of Oregon Territory.
- $550
- One of the earliest maps of Oregon Territory.
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