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Eli Cooley, Bradford S. Bonney, George Leisure, and Jean B. Ducharme all established donation land claims on the eastern part of the French Prairie where Woodburn would later be founded.

Cooley immigrated to Oregon in 1845, and Bonney established his land claim in 1849.

Ducharme's land was sold off in 1862 in a foreclosure sale, with Mt.

Angel farmer George Settlemier purchase the on the cheap.