Daniel Waldo (Oregon pioneer)
After turning 19 years of age Waldo migrated to Missouri where he entered the lumber business.[1] Daniel spent most of the trip in a carriage on the journey due to poor health, but the group reach the Willamette Valley in 1843 and settled east of Salem, Oregon in an area now known as the Waldo Hills.[2] Waldo was a member of the provisional government when Oregon's controversial black exclusion laws were enacted.[1] Some publications have speculated that Waldo brought several slaves to Oregon in 1843, including an African-American child named America.[5] More recent research shows it may be Daniel's brother Joseph Waldo who brought slaves with him to Oregon in 1846, and that he is more likely to be America's father.