Editing Canby, Oregon (section)

==History==
Canby is named for [[Edward Canby|Edward Richard Sprigg Canby]],<ref name=OGN>{{Cite OGN|7th|page=155}}</ref> a [[American Civil War|Civil War]] general who was later killed in the [[Modoc War]] by [[Kintpuash|Captain Jack]] and his group of warriors.

The area was known as Baker Prairie<ref name=OGN/> when the community was founded in 1857.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Overview |url=https://www.canbyoregon.gov/community/page/overview |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=Canby OR |language=en}}</ref> Canby was [[plat]]ted in 1870.<ref name="oregonian-sept-4-2010">{{cite news |title= A thing of the past fills a modern need |first= Dana |last= Tims |newspaper= [[The Oregonian]] |publisher= [[Advance Publications]] |location= [[Portland, Oregon]] |date= September 4, 2010 |pages= E1, E3}}</ref> Canby was incorporated by the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]] on February 15, 1893.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Leeds|first=W. H.|year=1899|title=Special Laws|journal=The State of Oregon General and Special Laws and Joint Resolutions and Memorials Enacted and Adopted by the Twentieth Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly|publisher=State Printer|location=Salem, Oregon|page=833|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gsCwAAAAIAAJ&q=%22ocean%20grove%22%20seaside%20oregon&pg=PA833}}</ref>

In May 2016, Canby was featured on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] newsmagazine ''[[20/20 (American TV program)|20/20]]'', when the local "Canby Psychic" was part of an investigation into the swindling of a local rancher out of $15 million.<ref>{{Cite web|title = How Psychic Stole Millions of Dollars From Timber Heir|url = https://abcnews.go.com/US/psychic-stole-millions-dollars-oregon-timber-heir/story?id=31364199|website = ABC News|date = 2015-05-29|access-date = 2015-05-30|first1 = Edward|last1 = Lopez|first2 = Elissa|last2 = Stohler|first3 = Alexa|last3 = Valiente}}</ref>