 A faction within the deeply divided legislature sought to make Corvallis the capital of the Oregon Territory, and in December 1855 the 6th Territorial Legislature initially convened there before returning to Salem later that month — the town which would eventually be selected as the permanent seat of state government.Corvallis was incorporated as a city on January 29, 1857.Corvallis had a three-year boom beginning in 1889, which began with the establishment of a privately owned electrical plant by L.L.