John B. Preston

For other people with the same name, see John Preston.

John B. Preston was the first Surveyor General of the Oregon Territory in the Western United States.^[1]

Preston, about 1860

Preston's map of northwestern Oregon as of 1952.

Preston was appointed by President Millard Fillmore to create a system for surveying land in the territory;^[2] Preston lost his position in 1853, and "drifted into obscurity."^[3]