Asahel Bush

American businessman (1824-1913) Date Of Birth : 1824-06-04T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 1913-12-23T00:00:00Z

Asahel Bush (June 4, 1824 – December 23, 1913) was an American newspaper publisher and businessman in Salem, Oregon. As publisher of the Oregon Statesman newspaper, he moved the paper to Salem when the territorial capital moved to that city. A Massachusetts native, Bush became the first official printer for the state of Oregon, and his estate is now a city park.

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