Albany was the home of the Kalapuya Indians before being settled in 1848 by two brothers from Albany, N.Y. The town changed its name in 1853 to Takenah, a Native American word describing the depression, or large pool, created by the Calapooia River as it flows into the Willamette. Two years later the town was Albany again, because too many people insisted on translating Takenah as “hole in the ground.” Learn More...