Harvey L. Clark

Harvey L. Clarke (October 2, 1807 – March 25, 1858) was an educator, missionary, and settler first on the North Tualatin Plains which would become Glencoe, Oregon, and then on the West Tualatin Plains that would become Forest Grove, Oregon. A native of Vermont where he and his family were stonemasons, he moved to the Oregon Country in 1840 where he participated at the Champoeg Meetings, May 2, 1843, and helped to found Tualatin Academy that later became Pacific University. Clarke also worked for the Methodist Mission and was a chaplain for the Provisional Legislature of Oregon in 1845.

Early life Harvey L. Clarke was born in Chester, Vermont, on October 2, 1807. In Vermont he married Emeline Cadwell, and they would have five children. He was an independent missionary, unaffiliated with any missionary organization such as the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The Clarke Party included Harvey Clarke and his wife Emeline, Alvin T. and Abigail Smith, Philo and Adelaide Littlejohn. Clarke made his land claim in 1846 for about .

Pacific University In 1842, Clarke and his wife started a school for Native Americans at Glencoe in what is now Hillsboro to the east of Forest Grove. A few years later Tabitha Moffatt Brown arrived in Forest Grove and joined the Clarkes in operating a home for orphans. Clarke would also sell of his land claim and donate the proceeds to the school he helped to found. The Reverend Harvey L. Clarke died on March 25, 1858, at the age of 50 in Forest Grove.