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churches in Oregon at the close of the year 1852, but it will be seen from the foregoing that the Methodist, Congregational, Baptist, Presbyterian and Episcopalian denominations were represented in an organized form the aggregate of all probably not exceeding 1,000 persons. To my knowledge there
was a goodly number of the Disciples of Christ
known
as
"Campbellites"
in
this
field,
but
I
sometimes do not think
was any regular organization. The total population of Oregon at the close of the year 1849 was about 10,000.
there
