http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches.html Freedom of religion was one of the reasons people left their homelands and found new happiness in a place that welcomed them and their religious beliefs. http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches.html#0 ee1e376b-3839-4db1-b0ec-95ca68bfd786 http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Lenox%20Cabin/thumb.jpg http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Lenox%20Cabin/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_241_51"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">First Church meetings were held in 1844 in the Lenox Cabin. Oregon Country was “uncomplicated by civilization.”</p></div></div> http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches.html#1 23fe752e-893c-48a1-a9bd-73667fe0bcbc http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Grave%20of%20David%20Lenox./thumb.jpg http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Grave%20of%20David%20Lenox./micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_241_51"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">Grave of David Lenox.</p></div></div> http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches.html#2 dd86b8b7-c9d1-4d0c-add3-49692bd33e97 http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Old%20Baptist%20church%20WU/thumb.jpg http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Old%20Baptist%20church%20WU/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_241_51"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">First West Union Baptist Church</p></div></div> http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches.html#3 c8bf34a3-017d-49dd-85c3-159cb4838032 http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/old-helvetia/thumb.jpg http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/old-helvetia/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_241_51"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">First Helvetia Church <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">Built in 1889 by Swiss Settlers</p></div></div> http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches.html#4 6a2934a5-d953-4b52-b486-9c199a9b4be2 http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Helvetia%20Church007/thumb.jpg http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Helvetia%20Church007/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_241_51"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">Helvetia Church Today</p></div></div> http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches.html#5 8874d0c7-2edc-4611-895c-30a0822a24ff http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Columbia%20Academy/thumb.jpg http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Columbia%20Academy/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_241_51"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">Columbia Academy<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style">Old Scotch Church Met Here<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">While Planning New Church</p></div></div> http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches.html#6 31fd81fb-c13b-4277-aff2-7198dfedcd5b http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Old%20Scotch%20Hoover%20DLC/thumb.jpg http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Old%20Scotch%20Hoover%20DLC/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_241_51"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">Old Scotch Church on Hoover DLC<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">Near McKay Creek</p></div></div> http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches.html#7 7527fa11-ea7a-4b01-9e24-2cc5568a1aed http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Old_Scotch_Church_%28Washington_County,_Oregon_scenic_images%29_%28washDA0003%29/thumb.jpg http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Old_Scotch_Church_%28Washington_County,_Oregon_scenic_images%29_%28washDA0003%29/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_241_51"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">Old Scotch Church </p></div></div> http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches.html#8 3ad64313-fed5-4303-b0c1-177ae61e0d9a http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/OSC%20Map/thumb.jpg http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/OSC%20Map/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_241_51"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">Old Scotch Church on Map</p></div></div> http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches.html#9 dc210dbb-5770-4ba7-a679-a8b4599bb130 http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Phillips%20Church.jpg/thumb.jpg http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Phillips%20Church.jpg/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_241_51"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">Phillips Church<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style">(no longer standing) was near the Old Phillips Cemetery<br/></p></div></div> http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches.html#10 3f91440c-f822-4c83-b879-f9afbd6216fe http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Helvetia%20052/thumb.jpg http://helvetiaheritage.org/helvetiaheritage.org/Churches_files/Media/Helvetia%20052/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_241_51"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">This is not the Helvetia Church — any ideas?</p></div></div>