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William L. Adams (pioneer)
file:William Lysander Adams.jpg, thumb William Lysander Adams (1821–1906) was an American writer, newspaper editor, and medical doctor from Oregon. Early life and career Adams was born in Oberlin, Ohio on February 5, 1821. He came to Yamhill County, Oregon, Yamhill County, Oregon in 1848. He worked as a teacher and made two trips to the California Gold Rush, California gold fields before publishing the play ''Treason, Strategems, and Spoils, A Melodrame in Five Acts'' under the pen name Breakspear in 1852. The play, a political satire that skewered the Democratic party, including Asahel Bush and his ''Statesman Journal, Salem Statesman'', was first printed in ''The Oregonian'', and is often cited along with Margaret Jewett Bailey's ''The Grains'' as one of the earliest works of literature written in Oregon. In 1855, Adams bought the ''Oregon Spectator'' and renamed it the ''Oregon City Argus, Oregon Argus''. The Whig Party (United States), Whig newspaper, published in Oregon Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lysander Adams
file:William Lysander Adams.jpg, thumb William Lysander Adams (1821–1906) was an American writer, newspaper editor, and medical doctor from Oregon. Early life and career Adams was born in Oberlin, Ohio on February 5, 1821. He came to Yamhill County, Oregon, Yamhill County, Oregon in 1848. He worked as a teacher and made two trips to the California Gold Rush, California gold fields before publishing the play ''Treason, Strategems, and Spoils, A Melodrame in Five Acts'' under the pen name Breakspear in 1852. The play, a political satire that skewered the Democratic party, including Asahel Bush and his ''Statesman Journal, Salem Statesman'', was first printed in ''The Oregonian'', and is often cited along with Margaret Jewett Bailey's ''The Grains'' as one of the earliest works of literature written in Oregon. In 1855, Adams bought the ''Oregon Spectator'' and renamed it the ''Oregon City Argus, Oregon Argus''. The Whig Party (United States), Whig newspaper, published in Oregon Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |