George Wood Ebbert

George Wood "Squire" Ebbert (June 10, 1810 – October 1, 1890) was a mountain man and early settler in the Oregon Country. Born in Kentucky, he settled on the Tualatin Plains in what became Oregon and participated in the Champoeg Meetings that created a government prior to the formation of the Oregon Territory. During the Cayuse War he traveled with Joseph Meek across the Rocky Mountains to ask Congress for assistance with the war.

Early life Ebbert was born on June 10, 1810, in Augusta, Kentucky. His father died while Ebbert was still a boy, but left his mother well off financially. At age eight, he shot and killed a cow that had rampaged through the family home, earning him the nickname Squire. In 1841, Ebbert arrived on the Tualatin Plains in the Tualatin Valley north of Champoeg to settle. There he met with other early settlers of the Plains such as Joseph Gale, Robert Newell, and Joseph L. Meek among others. On March 4, 1848, Meek set off with Ebbert accompanying him on the journey. George Ebbert died on October 1, 1890, The Washington County Museum has a George Ebbert Society.