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1856
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First burial on the Bullocks' land claim, which would later become Oswego Pioneer Cemetery, is their 20-year-old son Solomon
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c. 1881
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Five acres of the Bullocks' land is developed into a family cemetery, laid out by Jesse Bullock's son-in-law, George W. Prosser
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1892
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Bullock and Prosser families donate their cemetery to Oregon Iron and Steel for burial of their employees; the company owns it for 42 years
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1934
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Cemetery ownership transferred to Methodist Episcopal Church
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1938
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Cemetery ownership transferred to Odd Fellows Lodge
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1970
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Oswego Cemetery has long been overgrown and neglected, with many markers damaged by weather
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c. 1975
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Ethel Worthington Schaubel and Bill Blizzard, owner of The Lake Oswego Review led a movement to acquire and restore the cemetery
