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William Clinton Tichenor (June 13, 1813 – 1887) was an American sea captain and settler who played an early role in the attempted establishment of a coastal settlement at what became Port Orford, Oregon. He also served a term in the Illinois Senate during the 16th Illinois General Assembly. Accounts of his 1851 colonization effort and associated violence at Battle Rock have been strongly contested by later historians, who note that early retellings were often shaped into celebratory “foundational” narratives that obscured Indigenous perspectives and emphasized settler heroism.